Pete Hegseth Designates Confucius Institutes as National Security Threat
“It turns out that 80 new propaganda cells across 30 universities had popped up using different names and different charters, but with the same mission: to steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students”
War Secretary Pete Hegseth released a video on Friday announcing that the administration has designated Confucius Institutes a national security threat.
Senate Republicans made huge strides on this issue toward the end of Trump’s first term, and it is great to see the administration come back to it with a solid finish. These organizations were on college campuses across the country and were known for disseminating propaganda and committing intellectual theft.
As Hegseth points out in the video below, even though they were banned, they came back under different names, just like DEI.
From Newsmax:
Pentagon Labels Confucius Institutes Security Threat
The War Department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to U.S. national security, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.
Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda tools and has taken steps to crack down on them.
Hegseth, in a video posted on social media, alleged that Confucius Institutes were operating under disguise at U.S. universities and that the Pentagon had added them to its list of institutions that threaten national security.
“It turns out that 80 new propaganda cells across 30 universities had popped up using different names and different charters, but with the same mission: to steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students,” Hegseth said.
More from NewsCord:
The Pentagon’s designation came as Washington continued to accuse Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda tools and of operating under disguise at US universities. TRT World said US Congress restricted funding to universities that welcome Confucius Institutes, which are funded by Beijing to teach the Chinese language but are accused of presenting only the communist government’s worldview.
Arab News described the Pentagon action as the latest escalation in a multi-agency campaign and tied it to an earlier State Department move on August 13, 2020, when the State Department designated the Washington, D.C.-based Confucius Institute US Center (CIUS) as a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Arab News also said the State Department cited the opacity and state-directed nature of CIUS and required it to submit regular reports detailing its personnel, recruitment, funding, and operational footprints in the US.
Watch the whole thing below:
The War Department has designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to our national security. pic.twitter.com/bvMTUBwGei
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 23, 2026
Featured image via Twitter/X video.
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Which U.S. elected officials have been invited to speak at the Confucius Institutes? What are the sources of Confucius Institutes’ funding and support?
Not elected, but Elaine Chao has spoken at one and Bitch McConnell attended the speech. Shocking, I know.
Evil never rests
He who fling mud lose ground.
Identify the group and it’s members. Cancel their visa’s and assist them returning to China in their pajama’s with all assets forfeited.
Has America finally figured out that China isn’t our friend? China wants to destroy our way of life and replace it with Communism. They have the sleeper cells awaiting orders.
I remember all those Chines military looking men who were caught at our Border. Where did they go? Never heard anything about them being deported and how many were NOT caught? We should have very little engagement with China except for the cheap slave labor crap that goes to dollar stores and Walmart!
Muslim Student Associations, which are part of the Muslim Brotherhood, are a far greater threat.
No one in authority dares say a word about them though.
We can do two different things at the same time. Confuscious institutes really took off during the first Obama administration, with their complete support. Then they became concerned, which is typical of leftits who make kneejerk decisions without considering the ramifications. This isn’t something new, it’s just something the media has declined to report upon.
Along with the secret chinese police stations
Exactly!
They need to look at every madrasa.
End foreign funding of schools/mosques/property.
Qatar has been funding schools for “Arabic studies” for decades.
Did Hegseth actually go ahead with his program to require the troops to get anabolic steroid injections to improve their “battle worthiness”? It was reported that he planned to do so a while back but then I never saw if he went through with it or not. Just wondering what he finally decided to do.
eot
Not think tanks, but chink tanks. LOL.
Wise up, America. It’s now or never.
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