{"id":2611669,"date":"2026-06-07T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-d-day-event-hegseth-warns-of-european-beaches-stormed-by-third-world-migrants\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:39:46","slug":"at-d-day-event-hegseth-warns-of-european-beaches-stormed-by-third-world-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-d-day-event-hegseth-warns-of-european-beaches-stormed-by-third-world-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Warns Of European Beaches &#8216;Stormed&#8217; By Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-d-day-event-hegseth-warns-of-european-beaches-stormed-by-third-world-migrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611669&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth marked the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy by warning that Europe faces a new \u201cexistential crisis\u201d linked to migration from the developing world, arguing that European governments have weakened border controls, military readiness, adn welfare-state defenses. Speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery-where nearly all those interred died on D-Day or in the Battle of Normandy-he urged European leaders to confront what he described as dangerous ideologies arriving by boat and to maintain Western traditions through a strengthened, combat-ready Europe.  <\/p>\n<p>Hegseth also emphasized the need for shared responsibility in European defense, saying the U.S. should lead but that allies must \u201cshoulder to shoulder\u201d take real losses and contribute more. During his visit, he met with U.S. Army soldiers in Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise, including troops connected to the 82nd Airborne\u2019s June 5, 1944 landings. He later met France\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kabul-airport-crowds-could-be-in-danger-perhaps-within-hours-multiple-nations-warn\/\" title=\"Kabul Airport Crowds Could Be In Danger, Perhaps Within \u2018Hours,\u2019 Multiple Nations ...n\">armed forces minister<\/a> and discussed NATO allies assuming primary responsibility for conventional defense by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-christmas-gift-to-voters-is-helping-democrats-pass-a-major-omnibus-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Republicans\u2019 Christmas Gift To Voters Is Helping Democrats Pass A Major Omnibus Spending Bill\">raising defense spending<\/a>, expanding defense industry capacity, and fielding credible forces under the governance\u2019s \u201cNATO 3.0\u201d framing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NORMANDY, France \u2014 U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned about the invasion of Europe by third-world migrants in a Saturday speech commemorating the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. Hegseth spoke at the Normandy American Cemetery, where thousands of Americans are buried. All but one died storming the beaches on D-Day or in the subsequent Battle of Normandy during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cBoats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-nine WWII veterans attended the ceremony, and 107-year-old Arthur Rose, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy on D-Day, read a letter he sent home days after the invasion. French and American flags whipped on their poles as wind blasted through the cemetery and waves of rain and sunshine alternated, giving Hegseth an appropriate backdrop to offer a stark warning to Europe: They face yet another existential crisis today, this time from third-world migrants intent on destroying the West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve opened their borders in many cases, defunded their militaries, and opened their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-secy-mayorkas-testifies-before-house-committee-on-growing-border-crisis\/\" title=\"DHS Secy. Mayorkas testifies before House Committee on growing border crisis\">welfare state<\/a>, and you\u2019ve got a flood of refugees that a lot of countries have had challenges dealing with,\u201d Hegseth said in response to a reporter\u2019s question after his speech. \u201cEverybody knows that problem is one that Europe needs to confront, and we hope they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech was not just a commemoration of the June 6, 1944, invasion that turned the tide of the war and began the liberation of France from Nazi occupation, but a modern call-to-arms for all European countries to remember their rich traditions of national pride, Christian heritage, military prowess, and cultural superiority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur world is safer and more prosperous when the United States of America and our allies are strong, free, and unapologetic in defense of our Western tradition of freedom,\u201d Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>9,389 Americans are buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, all of whom but one died on D-Day or the following Battle of Normandy. The outlier is Quentin Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, who died in WWI<\/p>\n<p>He was reburied next to his brother, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDRLST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FDRLST<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fwrrY1OeLy\">pic.twitter.com\/fwrrY1OeLy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Breccan F. Thies (@BreccanFThies) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreccanFThies\/status\/2063216552485200073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe men who fought and died here restored freedom to Europe. That freedom must be maintained by this generation of leaders and war fighters, or what they fought for was merely temporary,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cAs our great President Ronald Reagan once said, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. You don\u2019t pass it to the next generation in the bloodstream. It must be defended by each and every generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth persistently pushed the need for a militarily prepared Europe, signaling that America should not be solely responsible for the defense of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe men buried here fought in a war fighting alliance where every partner brought its full measure of industry, courage, and sacrifice \u2014 not empty slogans, not lavish summits, not communiques: Real allies doing real things, taking real losses for a shared cause worth fighting and dying for,\u201d he said. \u201cEach nation pulled its weight. Each nation bled. America will lead, and we must. But capable allies must be right there with us, shoulder to shoulder in the breach when it matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Pointe du Hoc, near Omaha Beach, was a German-occupied outpost of bunkers and machine gun nests. <\/p>\n<p>On D-Day, American forces scaled the cliffs and captured Pointe du Hoc<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDRLST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FDRLST<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TguMkLBVvX\">pic.twitter.com\/TguMkLBVvX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Breccan F. Thies (@BreccanFThies) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreccanFThies\/status\/2063262626042331601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He said that many countries in Europe \u201cgrew comfortable\u201d after World War II and \u201cforgot that peace is not wished into being. It is bought with purpose, with honor, and with strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the trip Hegseth also met with 200 Army soldiers, many paratroopers, in the town of Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise. There on June 5, 1944, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne landed behind enemy lines to charge toward the beaches and meet those storming it the next day.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecWar<\/a> Hegseth addresses Army troops in the town of Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise, where paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne landed behind enemy lines June 5, 1944 to charge toward the beaches and meet those storming it the next day, D-Day.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDRLST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FDRLST<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z6CcuaYb5X\">pic.twitter.com\/z6CcuaYb5X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breccan F. Thies (@BreccanFThies) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreccanFThies\/status\/2063282808445882694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>French, Dutch, and German troops training with U.S. troops attended that speech. Hegseth reiterated his call-to-action, saying those troops are a good example of the capability of European allies, and that more is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4510706\/readout-of-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseths-meeting-with-french-minister-of-the-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">met<\/a> with his French counterpart, Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin. They \u201cdiscussed the urgent need for NATO allies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-smacks-eu-with-official-declaration-saying-their-freeloading-days-are-over\/\" title=\"Trump Smacks EU with Official Declaration Saying Their Freeloading ...s &#039;Are Over&#039;\">assume primary responsibility<\/a> for the conventional defense of the European continent by increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >boosting defense industrial base production<\/a>, and fielding combat credible forces.\u201d The meeting is part of what the Trump administration is calling \u201cNATO 3.0 \u2013 an alliance of real partners, not dependents.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORMANDY, France: Pete Hegseth warned Europe of migrant-driven invasion in a D-Day speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2611670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9429-scaled.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[8447,80970,10283],"class_list":["post-2611669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-europe","tag-hegesth","tag-migration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9429-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611669"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611673,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611669\/revisions\/2611673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}