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Stephen K. Bannon (0:00)
Spoke often about a medieval military campaign that he saw as a model for today, the Crusades, in which Christian warriors from Western Europe embarked on ruthless missions to wrest control of Jerusalem and other areas under Muslim rule. As Hegseth embraced a combative brand of.
Julie Kelly (0:15)
Christianity in recent years, he wrote that.
Stephen K. Bannon (0:18)
People who enjoy the benefits of Western civilization should, quote, thank a crusader. In his book, Hegseth also offered a nod to the prospect of future violence. Quote, our American crusade is not about literal swords and our fight is not with guns yet, end quote.
Nicole Wallace (0:38)
Yeah, Nicole, I think there's something really intriguing about this first round of cabinet picks, that if people are paying attention anymore, it should really matter which is these first round of cabinet picks really express the true ethos of Donald Trump. You know, in 2017, he picked people that were going to be leaders, Tillerson, Mattis and others. And we were still figuring out how will Donald Trump govern, even though we, we had some strong clues from the campaign. Now you're just getting the pure Donald Trump in these picks from Tulsi, Gabbard and others, Matt Gates and on down, you're seeing exactly who he is. But I would tell you the silver lining. And a lot of these, these nominees with scandal having to withdraw and then we end up with, say the bond is and and DeSantis is and others. It's not that they bring any less radical ideas about their government, but it is that now we get to isolate and focus in on their views of the Department of Defense, their views of the Department of Justice, their views on dni. But now having nominees that aren't scandal plagued because of allegations of sexual misconduct or alcohol abuse or lack of fitness or go down the list, those are a distraction in many ways going into a nomination hearing. Now when we get to focus on the role of governing under Donald Trump, let's get to the real scary parts of the next four years. I think there's benefit to the national conversation of seeing the second round of nominees like Bondi, like DeSantis and others. Not that they're less threatening to democracy per se and some of their views. But then we get to have a conversation about the raw danger that we might be facing under a Donald Trump administration.
Cash Patel (2:09)
And I'm proud of what I fought for. I'm not going to back down from them one bit. I will answer all of these senators questions, but this will not be a process tried in the media. I don't answer to anyone in this group. None of you, not to that camera at all. I answer to President Trump who received 76 million votes on behalf and a mandate for change. I answered to the 50, the 100 senators who are part of this process and those in the committee. And I answer to my Lord and savior and my wife and my family. I'm proud to be here. And as long as Donald Trump wants me in this fight, I'm going to be standing right here in this fight, fighting to bring our Pentagon back to.
