Influencer brothers Logan and Jake Paul visited the Pentagon and addressed service members last week, the Department of Defense revealed in a video posted on Sunday. The glossy clip, overlaid with dramatic music fit for a Hollywood movie trailer, showed the brothers addressing a smiling group of soldiers and officials before cutting to footage of them meeting personnel, including Hegseth, and posing for photos. "We see all the men and women here who are serving this great nation.
I don’t think there’s any greater commitment to sacrifice than those who are willing to live, die and fight for their country," Logan said. He went on to thank service members who "fight for and allow us in this country to have that freedom where we can prosper and be happy and be the great nation that we are." "Each one of you matter. Take this moment and be proud of yourselves for what you do," Jake said.
"This is the greatest country in the world, truly. We are blessed to be born here, come here, and we should never take that for granted. "That’s what God created us for, is to lift each other up in the hard moments, to be there for each other in the hard moments and to come together as a collective and fight for good.
That’s why this country was formed. We should never forget that," he said. Newsweek contacted the Pentagon and the Paul brothers via email on Monday, outside of regular working hours, and is awaiting responses.
It is not clear why the brothers made the visit. Task & Purpose reported that the pair paid for their own transportation. The outlet said that, along with Hegseth, Jake Paul also met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
"The Department of War was proud to host Jake and Logan Paul at the Pentagon this week. They toured the building, paid their respects at our 9/11 memorial, thanked our service members, and briefly met with Secretary Hegseth," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Joel Valdez told Task & Purpose in a statement, using the department’s unofficial name. "The Department is grateful for their visit and continued support of our military." The Paul brothers, who have more than 44 million subscribers on YouTube combined, rose to fame as social media personalities before expanding into boxing and other business ventures.
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