Irate Pete Hegseth claims Iran's leaders are 'rats' in hiding and demands a 'patriotic press' rewrite headlines

(The Independent) A visibly irate Pete Hegseth has compared Iran’s leaders to “rats” in hiding and urged a "patriotic press” to rewrite headlines about the deadly, costly and escalating war.

“The U.S. is decimating the radical Iranian regime’s military in a way the world has never seen before,” the defense secretary boasted at a Friday morning press briefing. “We said it would not be a fair fight, and it has not been.”

To date, more than 15,000 Iranian targets have been hit, obliterating the nation's air defenses, air force, and navy, while its missile capabilities have plummeted by 90 percent, Hegseth said. He then warned Friday will be the most intense day of U.S. strikes on Iran to date.

"Iran's leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they've gone underground, cowering. That's what rats do,” Hegseth said. The former Fox News host described Iran’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the “so-called not-so-supreme leader” who is “wounded and likely disfigured.”

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