{"id":2417390,"date":"2026-05-15T02:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2417390"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:36:59","slug":"pete-hegseth-appears-in-ai-video-to-ask-for-1-5t-war-preparation-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pete-hegseth-appears-in-ai-video-to-ask-for-1-5t-war-preparation-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Appears In AI Video To Ask For $1.5T War Preparation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Defense Secretary <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/pete-hegseth\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Pete Hegseth\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a05fcc4e4b0ee7169709647\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/pete-hegseth\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> took to social media on Thursday to make the case for making what he called \u2015 in all caps, no less \u2015 \u201ca GENERATIONAL DOWN PAYMENT on America\u2019s national defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Many lawmakers, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-war-powers-8a47ef050f05d49677c5f4cf2f6bfbd4\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"including some Republicans\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a05fcc4e4b0ee7169709647\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-war-powers-8a47ef050f05d49677c5f4cf2f6bfbd4\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">including some Republicans<\/a>, are concerned about the possible length of the Iran war and the lack of congressional approval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Since $1.5 trillion is a lot of money, it\u2019s no surprise people on social media had thoughts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Many people mocked the AI slop on Hegseth\u2019s video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Oh, and, yes, a few folks did question if the money Hegseth was asking for was a sound investment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took to social media on Thursday to make the case for making what he called \u2015 in all caps, no less \u2015 \u201ca GENERATIONAL DOWN PAYMENT on America\u2019s national defense.\u201d Many lawmakers, including some Republicans, are concerned about the possible length of the Iran war and the lack of congressional approval. 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