Hegseth declares, 'I only speak American' to room full of foreign leaders

7 months ago by fossilesque to c/nottheonion

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proudly and embarrassingly declared that he only "speaks American" while in a room filled with leaders from Latin America.

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0x0 20 points 7 months ago

They should then switch to spanish as their lingua franca for that meeting (brazillians could pull if off).
Or switch to esperanto.

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Blan 8 points 7 months ago

No shit, it would be so damn funny if the whole world just switched over to Esperanto as second language, even if only to spite US and UK. Haah, one can dream the wildest things.

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