An Invasion of a Different Kind: Migration Dominates the Normandy Narrative
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Will Saletan argues that at a Normandy D-Day ceremony, Pete Hegseth casts migration from Africa and the Middle East as an invasion, highlighting a broader Trump-era pattern of prioritizing anti-immigrant rhetoric over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and criticizing the administration for tying European cohesion to white-nationalist anxieties.
- Sorry, That’s the Wrong Kind of ‘Invasion’ The Bulwark
- Hegseth Uses D-Day Anniversary Speech to Attack European Immigration Policies Time Magazine
- Residents of French village say US defense chief Hegseth not welcome for D-Day visit France 24
- House Republican Says Hegseth’s D-Day Remarks ‘Inappropriate’ Bloomberg.com
- Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach 'invasion' D-Day speech BBC
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