Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated that the U.S. "hasn't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood" and "I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do," according to an X post by @kenklippenstein shared over the past hour ending at 9:15 PM UTC on December 7, 2025. On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day marking the 84th anniversary of the attack, the Chairman issued a message via @thejointstaff on X during the same one-hour period from 8:15 PM UTC, as posted at https://x.com/thejointstaff/status/1997765803144327194. Vice President JD Vance contrasted U.S. foreign policy with China's, stating "We have built a foreign policy of hectoring, moralizing, and lecturing countries that don’t want anything to do with it. The Chinese have a foreign policy of building roads, bridges, and feeding poor people," per an X post by @SameeraKhan at https://x.com/SameeraKhan/status/1997691194478878823 over the past hour. Anduril founder Palmer Luckey said he started the company "to get people out of the tech industry...and put them to work on defense problems, national security problems. Problems that really matter," according to an X post by @anduriltech at https://x.com/anduriltech/status/1997764573009740036 during the reporting window. Separately, Polymarket trader @ster bought "Yes" shares on President Donald Trump declassifying UFO files in 2025 at $0.13 with potential $30,000 win and no other wagers over $300, as reported by @PolymarketMoney on X at https://x.com/PolymarketMoney/status/1997757288522850361 over the past hour.
