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Tymofiy Mylovanov

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Published: April 2, 2025
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A secret memo from SecDef Pete Hegseth tells the military: get ready for war with China over Taiwan. Everything else [Russia, Iran, terror groups] is secondary, Washington Post. 1/

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The memo copies parts of a 2024 Heritage Foundation report—almost word for word. That report’s co-author now runs Pentagon policy. Heritage's playbook is now Pentagon guidance. 2/

U.S. forces are ordered to focus on Indo-Pacific firepower—subs, bombers, bunker-busting bombs. Taiwan told to spend 10% of GDP on defense. 3/

NATO is told to step up. If Russia attacks, Europe may be on its own. U.S. troops stay home unless it’s China or direct homeland threat. 4/

Military units will now take on border control, deportations, and drug busts—tasks handled by DHS [Department of Homeland Security] until now. The Pentagon is being pulled into domestic enforcement. 5/

The memo names three new hotspots: Greenland, Panama Canal, Cape Horn. U.S. forces must be ready to fight in the Western Hemisphere. 6/

Trump’s Pentagon is betting it all on one scenario: stop China from taking Taiwan. The rest [Middle East, Africa, Europe] is risked. 7X

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