Anonymous7 days ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the 82nd anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery to accuse European nations of being "stormed" by "dangerous ideologies" through migration, drawing condemnation from French officials and local residents while skipping the main international ceremony. The speech, which compared Mediterranean migrant arrivals to the 1944 Allied invasion, arrives as Frontex data shows EU irregular border crossings actually fell 26% in 2025 to their lowest level since 2021, complicating Hegseth's framing of an escalating crisis.