Hegseth: Trump's $1.5T defense budget request 'a message to the world'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday declared President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget a “message to the world” in its reestablishment of the U.S.’s military might. Speaking to employees at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Hegseth declared that the Trump administration is “rebuilding our military,” and plans to increase the U.S. defense…