Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed on Monday a report that dozens of high-ranking military officials have backed out of appearing at a woke “globalism” forum in Colorado.
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In a post on X, Hegseth shared a headline that read, “Pentagon Pulls All Military Speakers From ‘Globalist’ Aspen Security Forum.”
He wrote simply, “Correct.” Reading through reactions to Hegseth’s comment, there was overwhelming support for this move, writing things like “good” and “thank you.”
Correct. pic.twitter.com/tbi8vvTWBu
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) July 14, 2025
His response was to an article by Just The News that reported:
The Pentagon has pulled roughly a dozen high-ranking U.S. military officials who had been slated to participate in this week’s annual Aspen Security Forum, Just the News has learned.
The forum, which calls itself “the premier national security and foreign policy conference in the United States,” has been aptly labeled “the mountain retreat for the liberal elite,” the report