Labour Minister Says Pete Hegseth's D-Day Attack On Europe Over Immigration Left Him 'Horrified'

Jake Richards said the US defence secretary's comments were "totally inappropriate".

A government minister says he was left “horrified” by Pete Hegseth after he used a D-Day commemoration to accuse Nato countries of not doing enough to tackle illegal immigration.

The US defence secretary said “European beaches are [being] stormed by different, dangerous ideologies” in a speech at the Normandy American Cemetery in north-west France.

Hegseth was speaking on the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, when nearly 4,500 Allied troops were killed attempting to liberate Nazi-occupied France on June 6,........

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