in World News Pete Hegseth: “The DOD Does Not Do Climate Change Cr*p”
By Kaley
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just gave the best statement in response to a post from CNN’s Haley Britzkey about the Department of Defense cutting so-called ‘climate change’ programs.
On Sunday, CNN ran a story about how the Pentagon getting rid of woke climate change programs will be detrimental to national security.
In the piece, Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot rightfully pushed back against this narrative, stating that “climate zealotry” is not part of the DOD’s mission.
Secretary Hegseth agreed with Ullyot, going even further to say that the DOD “does not do climate change crap.”
Here’s Pete Hegseth’s full response:
John is, of course, correct.
The @DeptofDefense does not do climate change crap.
We do training and warfighting. https://t.co/eK5Xyf7fN4
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) March 9, 2025
Here’s an excerpt from the (totally bogus) CNN article that Hegseth was responding to:
As the Pentagon and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency set their sights on climate-related programs at the Defense Department, officials and experts are warning that slashing them could put US troops and military operations at risk, both in the near and long term.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other senior Pentagon officials have pointed to climate programs as a prime example of wasteful spending in the military. Hegseth told reporters in Germany in February that the Pentagon is “not in the business of climate change.”
Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Salesses also made it clear that funding would be cut in a statement last month, saying the Pentagon will “cease unnecessary spending that set our military back under the previous administration, including through so-called ‘climate change’ and other woke programs.”
But some officials and experts argue such thinking is short-sighted.
“I think they’re stuck on the word ‘climate’ and not seeing the operational impacts,” one US official said, adding that the cuts will pose “readiness issues all around.”