An announcement so weird it could only come from the Trump administration video  Flanked by a pair of buzzing drones that threatened to drown out his voice, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reached up to grab a memorandum hung from a third drone hovering above his head.

Watch Pete Hegseth in an awkward drone video as he issues a new directive aimed at increasing the US’ arsenal of unmanned aerial systems, all while Metallica plays in the background. In a video posted to X on Thursday (10 July),

Donald Trump outright called his Pentagon chief the “Secretary of War” Friday while also seemingly believing Pete Hegseth actually appeared on Fox News to talk “about modern weapons and warfare” after the network aired a clip of the defense secretary’s announcement on the administration’s new drone strategy.

People are a little concerned after Donald Trump described America's secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, as the 'secretary of war'. The US president, 79, praised the former TV presenter, 45, who unveiled the administration's new drone strategy on Friday (11 July).

The Pentagon wants more small, cheap, easily replaced drones in the hands of troops as quickly as possible, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he is cutting red tape to make that happen.

Drones stocks soared Friday, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a video filmed at the Pentagon with Metallica playing in the background that his department was “unleashing American drone dominance.

The memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling the use of drones across DOD.