Pete Hegseth Put On Blast Over His Big Lie On Iran Attack: 'Unqualified Piece Of Trash'
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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.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spewed schoolyard-like talk to reporters on Monday when he attempted to portray Iran, and not the U.S., as the country that started the escalating war in the Middle East over the weekend.
Hegseth, in an early morning press conference, claimed that Iran has “waged a savage, one-sided war” for “47 long years” even if the country’s leadership didn’t “declare it openly.”
“We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it,” he stressed.
While Hegseth broadly framed the war by pointing to a gaggle of vague examples such as anti-American chants from Iranians and various attacks in countries outside of Iran, a joint U.S.-Israeli military offensive targeting Iran, in fact, led to the deadly events of the past few days in the Middle East.
Elsewhere in the presser, Hegseth piggybacked off Trump’s talk of being hands-off to any potential regime changes in Iran after America’s deadly attack killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Jack White ripped apart the president's fashion choice in his announcement on the attack before slamming critics who called on him to "stick to music."
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President Donald Trump told Axios it will take Iranians "several years to recover from this attack."
The administration’s latest escalation is boosting the global view of the U.S. as a rogue actor, fueling instability, acting illogically and illegally and risking innocent lives.