Buenos Aires, February 11 (NA) — Although the meeting, held at a hotel near the secretive Pentagon, was a meeting for and among military personnel from 34 Western Hemisphere nations, led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Dan Caine, the conditions for reporting were reduced to a minimum by decision of the Donald Trump administration, the powerful U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was present at the opening. Among the military leaders who listened to the U.S. "warlord" was the head of the Argentine Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marcelo Dalle Nogare, who traveled to Washington to participate in the meeting, of an eminently military nature. And, perhaps, one of the most interesting phrases of the day was pronounced by the U.S. Secretary of War—formerly known as the Secretary of Defense—Pete Hegseth, who reaffirmed his "America for Americans" version. "To put 'America first, we must put the Americas first," he said, in a clear call to countries south of the Rio Grande to coordinate agendas related to Donald Trump's new national security strategy. On the contrary, their affinities are not hidden. During the draw for the groups of the future soccer World Cup, Donald Trump once again publicly praised the absent Javier Milei, highlighting the political direction of his administration. The coincidence of opinions between the officials of Javier Milei and Donald Trump surpasses the mere "carnal relations" of the '90s between Carlos Menem and George Bush (p), oriented to the economic, financial and world security sphere left by the fall of the Soviet empire. Between Milei and Trump there are ideological issues that place the Argentine government as a firm ally of the U.S. administration and Trump's security doctrine was reviewed in the meeting in which the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and vice admiral of the Nation, Marcelo Dalle Nogare, participated. As explained by the Argentine News Agency at the beginning of last December, in 33 pages, the Trumpist government re-established the old Monroe Doctrine, by which the hegemony of the U.S. is claimed. Even those Europeans such as France or the United Kingdom, which have territories in the American continent, and like Denmark that fights to remain in Greenland. According to what the Argentine News Agency learned, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, Joseph H. Humire, reported that his boss, Pete Hegseth, "made forceful statements before military leaders from 34 countries" and explained: "Under President Trump, for the first time in history, the Department of War is on the offensive against narco-terrorists in our hemisphere." "It's time to get to work," added Hegseth. In the meetings between military personnel, they talked about combating drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations, as well as the interference of foreign powers such as China, Russia, Iran in the affairs of Latin American countries. To this end, the Americans want allied nations to increase their defense budgets. A theme always complex for the finances of many Latin American countries. It is not a theme that goes unnoticed for the American general, Dan Caine. And, the affinities are not hidden. Through the leadership and tenacity of President Trump—his refusal to accept the status quo—we are protecting our shared interests in our shared hemisphere, and added his own notes such as migratory and border control, as a priority of his mandate, in addition, to focus his national security through the fight against the threats considered urgent in the American continent. According to the text, that retreat "from scenarios whose relative importance for national security has decreased" is compensated with a greater intervention in the Latin American region, mainly to combat drug trafficking, massive migrations, cross-border crime, terrorism and supposed foreign influences. The document does not hide the intention to redefine alliances: Europe is explicitly questioned. The Trump government states that the West is going through a values crisis and questions its demography by stating that "the era of massive migrations must come to an end" and warns that the European continent could be "unrecognizable in 20 years or less" if certain demographic and political trends continue. Washington promises to back those who oppose the migratory and cultural policies promoted by the European Union. Well, that was always the plan of Javier Milei and his ideologue, Agustín Laje, so the table is set for a long friendship between Argentina and the U.S. as long as voters accompany. For what his tuning with Hegseth is confirmed. Hegseth, former television producer for the FOX chain and fervent admirer of Donald Trump, who elevated him to be one of the most important men in the republican government, was squad leader in the Guantánamo Bay, where one of the best-known detention centers in the world is located, and for many, more inhumane. It was never closed, not even during the progressive years of Barack Obama, and Hegseth is a great defender of the treatment received by the Guantanamo detainees after the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers. Be that as it may, the attention is now deposited in the Americas and in the Trumpian order that demands and demands a coordination with the military chiefs of the involved countries. The aviator, veteran of the Iraq war, was associate director in military affairs of the CIA.
