Pete Hegseth: "Diversity Is Our Strength" One Of The Dumbest Phrases In Military History

Posted • January 31, 2025: During a press conference about the deadly mid-air collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines plane, President Donald Trump made liberal heads explode by pointing out the FAA's DEI policies, which encourage the application of people with "severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities," as part of the problem. The point is not that DEI causes a particular crash or disaster, but that any institution which adopts DEI is, by definition, lowering standards and sacrificing merit on the altar of ideology. Until they scrap DEI, they cannot make the case that they are doing their best. Speaking of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News' Jesse Waters the other night that "diversity is our strength" is one of the dumbest phrases in the U.S. military. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “One of the dumbest phrases in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength’… Our diversity is not our strength — our unity and our shared purpose is our strength.” (…)

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