# Allies Should Share the Burden, Not Become Burdens by Pete Hegseth > “Our allies should share the burden, not be burdens themselves.” > **— Pete Hegseth**, *November 5, 2026 video message, excerpted in The Saturday Wrap-Up* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [recording, 02:38–02:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=158s). - **Editorial form:** The Reminder preserves the prepared contiguous quotation; punctuation and spoken disfluency treatment are recorded in the candidate map when applicable. - **Context and treatment:** Hegseth identifies U.S. allies, burden sharing as their obligation, and dependency as the rejected alternative; [recording, 02:38–02:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=158s). Direct contiguous sentence. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American Infrastructure|American Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Collection:** [[collections/The Politics of AI Infrastructure|The Politics of AI Infrastructure]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/The Real No Kings Moment and Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban|Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Pete Hegseth|Pete Hegseth]] - [[wiki/National Defense|National Defense]] - [[wiki/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Our allies should share the burden, not be burdens themselves.” — Pete Hegseth, November 5, 2026 video message, excerpted in The Saturday Wrap-Up https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-pete-hegseth-allies-should-share-the-burden-not-become-burdens ```