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9. Hegseth Deletes, Reposts Drone Video After Unauthorized Use of Metallica Song

“Enter Sandman” played as Trump’s Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo about using more drones. The new version contains no music

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Hegseth Deletes, Reposts Drone Video After Unauthorized Use of Metallica Song.

Does Hegseth not remember Limewire! Lol
Metallica had everyone band for downloading their music 🤣🤣🤣

— Denise McMuffin (@denisehkg.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T21:18:39.786Z

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The Pentagon deleted and reposted a video boasting about how President Donald Trump’s administration will increase its use of drone warfare. The first version featured the Metallica song “Enter Sandman” in the background. The second has no music.

A Metallica representative confirmed to Rolling Stone that the use of “Enter Sandman” in the original video was unauthorized. The Pentagon said in a statement Friday that X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, asked the department to remove the video due to a copyright issue.

In the video, former Fox News host and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the military will manufacture and use more drones. “We were brought here to rebuild the military,” he says. “Match capabilities to the threats of today. So while our adversaries have produced millions of cheap drones before us, we were mired in bureaucratic red tape. Not anymore.”