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

Source: 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.”

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Hegseth began the Friday morning briefing by berating the press, specifically targeting ABC News and CNN, and maintained a tone of barely concealed contempt throughout.

“Another example of a fake headline I saw yesterday: ‘war widening,’” he said. “Here’s a real headline for you, for an actual patriotic press: ‘Iran shrinking, going underground.’”

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