Mehdi Hasan: ‘I Actually Owe Trump And Hegseth An Apology’
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The former MSNBC host said he was sorry to the president and defense secretary ― all in the name of sarcasm.
Journalist Mehdi Hasan facetiously tried to atone for criticizing President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rebranding of the defense department.
“I actually owe Trump and Hegseth an apology,” the former MSNBC host wrote in his viral X post Monday. “I mocked them for renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War, but they’ve sure made that new name an accurate one.”
Using an executive order, Trump announced the secondary title in September to much mockery ― but now it echoes like a dark prophecy.
The United States is at war (even if Rep. Anna Paulina Luna doesn’t think so) after joining Israel in the bombing of Iran. The operation has taken out its iron-fisted leader, Ali Khamenei, resulting in multiple deaths of Americans, and perhaps entrenched the U.S. in an escalating conflict without Congressional approval.
Trump and his cabinet can’t seem to get their stories straight on why they attacked Iran, but Hegseth seemed certain about why he wanted to resurrect the obsolete “War Department” title last year.
That looks painful!
The president has a offered a series of rationales for the air war, including some that contradict each other.
The defense secretary tried to reimagine America's role in the escalating war with Iran following its deadly strikes on the country over the weekend.
Many senior U.S. officials remain skeptical that the U.S. and Israeli military operation against Iran will lead to a regime change in the near term.
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Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S.
Khamenei's killing has brought new urgency to the question of who will be Iran's next Supreme Leader.
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Critics quickly seized on the president's phrasing.
The title has been widely mocked online as “stupid” and “childish."
The president sidestepped reporters' queries about Iran, but paused just long enough to praise his new White House statues.
Attacks throughout the region could restrict countries’ ability to export oil to the rest of the world.
Crockett said it’s “silly season,” before adding that journalist Elaine Godfrey has a “history of being less than truthful.”