Hegseth warns Europeans 'realities' of China and border threats prevent US from guaranteeing their security (1 Viewer)

[FOX News]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Europeans this week that "realities" prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region.

"We are focusing on security of our own borders. We also face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific," Hegseth told a meeting of a Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium on Wednesday.

"The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific...

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