Secretary Hegseth [Reagan National Defense Forum]: Make no mistake about it, President Trump is hellbent on maintaining and accelerating the most powerful military the world has ever seen. The most powerful, the most lethal, and American-made. The arsenal of freedom…the opposite of peace through strength is war through weakness.

Secretary Hegseth: And right now the world is seeing the strength of American resolve in stemming the flow of lethal drugs to our country. Here again we've been focused and here we've been clear, if you work for a designated terrorist organization and you bring drugs to this country in a boat, we will find you, and we will sink you. Let there be no doubt about it.