【FOX 文稿】美国防部长海格赛斯：阅兵固然很好～但最好还是别真打～特朗普指示我们要重建美军恢复尚武雄风 [中英-英-生肉]

• Discussion about China's recent military parade in Tiananmen Square.
• Reflection on the implications of American leadership and military strength.
• Emphasis on the importance of military preparedness without seeking conflict.
• Insights into the philosophy of peace through strength and potential changes in military naming conventions.
• The historical context of the Department of War versus the Department of Defense.

Let's talk about China this morning, because while we were sleeping, China was celebrating.
They're having this parade in Tiananmen Square featuring a display of advanced equipment.
And they invited Putin and they invited Kim Jong Un in attendance.

So what message are they trying to send and what is the administration's response?
Well, unfortunately, the weakness of the previous administration has driven Russia and China closer together.
That was a terrible development of a lack of American leadership and a lack of American strength.
And you saw it around the world, and it manifests in what we saw on TV last night.

But that's why President Trump has charged us at the Defense Department to be prepared to rebuild our military in historic ways,
to restore the warrior ethos and reestablish deterrence.
Not because we seek conflict, we do not.
And we've been clear about that with China or Russia or others, but because by being prepared, you prevent it.
You ensure that the American people in the homeland are safe.

And demonstrations of parades are fine, but they don't hopefully manifest in actual military conflict.
So we know what they believe and what they're about.
We also know how strong we are and the military advantages we have.
And they know that.

Also, our job is to maintain those military advantages in space, in the skies, in the sea, under the sea,
and with long-range fires, all the capabilities.
We have a golden dome, which is something China knows they can't replicate.
And we will inside this administration.

So we're going to maintain the strategic advantage and we'll leverage that in hoping to find ways that we can work together.
Otherwise, we'll always be prepared.

So, Mr. Secretary, part of the president's philosophy is peace through strength.
He wants to be able to have negotiations.
He doesn't want to start any new wars.
He wants to end a lot of wars.

But one thing he wants to do is have the perception and the philosophy of the military to get back to the original origin.
And one way he wants to do that is by changing the name from Defense to Department of War.
What is the timeline on that? I've said stand by on it.
And that's what I'll say again because that's ultimately the president's call.

But I'll say this:
You know, we won World War I and we won World War II, not with the Department of Defense,
but with the War Department, with the Department of War.
As the president has said, we're not just defense; we're offense.

We're reestablishing at the department the warrior ethos.
We want warriors, folks that understand how to exact lethality on the enemy.
We don't want endless contingencies just playing defense.
We think words and names and titles matter.

So we're working with the White House and the president on it.
Stand by. But we might have some new signage here right over here, eventually.
Look forward to seeing that even here in the briefing room.
And so, you have to go to Kinkos to change your business cards.
That's going to be something that's going to be a decision from the White House, I'm sure.