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Pete Hegseth says US military should win Nobel Peace Prize yearly

newsApr 24, 2026221,366

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "the one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year is the United States military," arguing the armed forces advance peace through strength. He told listeners the U.S. should "go from 'defense' to 'war'" to be proactive about securing peace, framing offensive readiness as a peace-making tool. That stance reframes military force as a route to diplomacy and signals a hawkish U.S. defense posture with implications for allied relations and norms around international peace awards.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "You go from 'defense' to 'war' because you want to be proactive about peace through strength. The one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year is the United States military."

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Partyglouberman233

Oh come the fuck on

coalminephoenix.bsky.social189

He is actually saying war is peace.

DudeMom35

Dude is a walking, talking bag of shit.

Chris⚖️Justice27

Hegseth is a spoiled brat who never had proper correction, and never learned respect or humility. Unfit for the job.

MaTT FLaMMaBLe24

“Also black is white, and up is down.”

Lucifer *Call me Luci20

I NEVER WANT TO HEAR THAT FUCKING PHRASE AGAIN PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND IT WHEN THEY USE IT. THEY’RE IDIOTS. WAR IS NOT PEACE. BOMBING OTHER COUNTRIES IS NOT PEACE. THAT’S NOT STRENGTH JESUS CHRIST THESE FUCKERS.

Damian Lynch 🟧 🇦🇺 Rebellion is Mandatory during times of Tyranny18

Every time he opens his mouth, it’s more evidence that he shouldn’t be in the role!

Mummified Yeti Hand13

That’s going to anger his boss. We all know that only “Trump” deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Madannie12

CLEARLY THESE asshole idiots DO NOT EVEN LISTEN TO THEMSELVES! Stop voting for imbecile con men!

EASTMAN12

Pete Hegseth considers fallen American soldiers as nothing more than a PR problem that makes Donald Trump look bad. However, the heartbroken families who’ve lost loved ones will proudly honor their sacrifice and courage. They represent what it means to be an American. Not Trump and Hegseth.

mattyjam.bsky.social10

Which war crime would he nominate as his crowning glory? Bombing civilians in boats off the Caribbean (double tapping the survivors clinging to boats) designating unknown targets as terrorists and killing them; or Double tapping a school with 150 children in Iran and threatening war crimes daily

Spoonbill Reducks9

Can someone PLEASE get him to shut up, if only for a few days? He's utterly repulsive.

Rap Bastardz®8

Last week dude was quoting “Pulp Fiction,” this week, it’s “1984.”

Joe is Me8

This is an extraordinarily stupid man.

RicksterLHP8

Total ignorance that shows signs of insanity! War is not peace. Strength is not blowing stuff up. Walking softly carrying a big stick means you coexist with your friends and enemies but can destroy them if they think they can attack us and win! If a country only uses a stick, that’s a tyrant.

Titaness Themis8

What is the obsession with awards?

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social7

World according to this deadly clown…

Middlerage6

HE IS DELUSIONAL. AND CONSIDERING HIS BOSS THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING.

Mikko Vaha5

Definition of peace for Hegseth seems to be: “I’m killing someone else”.

laurelbgood.bsky.social5

Fever dreams are only real to the dreamers but the rest of us, in the real world, will face the consequences.

John Tousseau5

The most unqualified secdef ever! This guy was never a flag officer and it shows.

Elizabeth D. Leonard5

Same logic as "you hire an idiot so you can be proactive about being smart through stupidity, and a lying cheat so you can be proactive about being honest through thievery, greed, and deception." 🙄

The Socratic Meth Head4

I cant wait for him to drink himself to death

utrian.bsky.social4

Nobel peace prize for killing of 100+ children? Not possible, Netanjahu is leading the contest with his bombardment of Beirut this year.

Clix3

"Can't have peace without war."

Dave Knadler3

A singularly smug and clueless prick.

Shy Ty🌎☮️3

Why is everyone in this violent, racist, fascist regime obsessed with winning a Nobel Peace Prize?

Worf fella3

War is peace. Orwell Stupidest timelone ever.

DesertGuy3

Department of war crimes is what its been turned into. He murders defenseless fishermen and small children and calls it peace. Absolutely disgusting.

Random3

Lol. Do these people even realize the irony of their words or do they think they’re just somehow getting one over on all of us with their ‘peace through strength’ and ‘peace board’ b.s.? Please.

John Pauls3

I feel like I'm watching an episode of "Peacemaker".

drak-cola.bsky.social3

This is some really dumb shit.

AliceThroughTheLookingGlass3

You can’t make this isht up! Oh wait, they have a playbook.

dolphinpaste.bsky.social3

Our country is being run by the people who were at the bottom of their graduating class

m. hela fella2

Says the tatted clown speaking to an audience of one=an orange clown.

Bernie Brown2

Peace Through Strength also means not appeasing Russia & China.

mcognito.bsky.social2

That sounds like more than just alcohol….

4jim2

Pomade poisoning needs to read more.

BlueHoosier2

1984 quotes, not even hiding it, promoting it.

carljungfranz.bsky.social2

* Hegseth is insane, the MAGA-base supporters is a mass-psychosis! *

SavingGraces2

The gaslighting and lies are of epic proportions.

ethereal spirits2

Bombing schools with missiles, so peaceful. More abuser logic here. Using this logic makes the Nobel Prize worthless. They don't care about what the prize represents, they just want the adulation that people give to winners of it. It is all about claiming he's better than Obama.

Joysea Crew2

“Bombing Iranian schoolgirls is being proactive about peace through strength and deserves a Nobel Peace Prize…” - Hegseth, probably

Jack2

Literally these people who are trotted out every day to describe your country and institutions are doing incalculable damage to your country. Your Empire is ending. At what cost to you ?

𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷2

Hey Pete, what’s that brown stuff on your nose? You been smooching Trump’s ass again?!? I hope you were drunk! WAIT! What am I saying?!? OF COURSE YOU WERE!

Steve McKinnon2

This dude is a murderer and needs to be sent to The Hague.

lockeliberal.bsky.social2

Makes complete sense so long as you define peace as “do what the fuck we tell you or die.”

MoMo DeckDeck2

What is with these people’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize?

Liberty View2

Hegseth should go from 'war' to 'The Hague' for, you know, CRIMES.

designoMatt2

Whiskey-Pete has his own reality distortion field, with an extra stupidity filter.

bmur2024.bsky.social2

Says the man who orders attacks on fishing boats. Words have no meaning and any longer.

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