30/06/2026
HEGSETH , ZERO understanding / empathy .Beyond Hurtful to the Citizens and Veterans, embarring to our veterans at home.
BREAKING: French Villagers just called Pete Hegseth “persona non grata” and demanded he stay home from D-Day ceremonies
Pete Hegseth made the trip to Normandy, France for the D-Day anniversary — but residents of Langrune-sur-Mer made clear he was not welcome. Locals and civic groups in the small coastal town publicly declared him unwanted before he even landed, releasing a pointed statement demanding his visit be canceled outright.
Sylvie Lamy Thepaut, a local community organizer, was direct in her criticism, saying Hegseth’s aggressive rhetoric and worldview stand in direct opposition to the democratic values that Allied soldiers died defending on those very beaches.
A formal statement from the civic organization Langrune en Commun went further, citing his history of anti-European remarks and what they described as American supremacist posturing. The group argued that honoring the memory of the young soldiers who gave their lives for democracy required speaking out against someone they see as a threat to it.
Fellow group member Chantal Richard echoed that sentiment, saying silence on Hegseth’s values would be the worst possible response. She called out what she sees as his far-right, warmongering ideology and noted that his pattern of undermining the international institutions born from World War II is not normal and should not be treated as such.
Hegseth, unbothered by the backlash, used his D-Day speech to take shots at European allies who have declined to join Trump’s confrontation with Iran. He also brought six of his children along on the taxpayer-funded trip, which drew additional criticism from military officials who noted the significant security resources required to protect his family during an official government delegation.
