In a hilarious moment, Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Secretary of State, roasted a CNN reporter who tried to shame him over celebrating the brave pilots who launched an attack on Iranian Nuclear sites as part of Operation Midnight Hammer.
For context, since the historic strikes, liberal mainstream media and their allies in the Democratic Party have tried to paint these strikes as a failure. Hegseth and many conservatives see this as a desperate attempt to take a swing at Trump.
Starting his epic demolition of the media, Pete Hegseth began, “You, and I mean specifically you the press, specifically you the press corps, because you cheer against Trump so hard, it’s like in your DNA and in your blood to cheer against Trump because you want him not to be successful, so bad you have to cheer against the efficacy of these strikes.”
Continuing to slam the mainstream media, Hegseth stated, “There are so many aspects of what our brave men and women did that by because of the hatred of this press corps are undermined because your people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn’t successful,” adding, “It’s irresponsible, and folks in this room are privy to that information because of the proximity here in the Pentagon, it’s an important responsibility, and time and time again, classified information is leaked or peddled for political purposes to try to make the president look bad.”
Explaining what the media missed in their attempt to smear Trump, Hegseth clarified, “What’s really happening is you’re undermining the success of incredible B2, pilots and incredible F-35 pilots and incredible refuelers and incredible air defenders who accomplished their mission, set back a nuclear program in ways that other presidents would have dreamed. How about we celebrate that? How about we talk about how special America is, that we are the only ones who have these capabilities.”
Still not done, the Secretary of Defence stated, “I think it’s too much to ask, unfortunately, for the fake news, so we’re used to that, but we also have an opportunity to stand at the podium and read the truth of what’s really happening. And the reality is, you want to call it destroyed. You want to call it defeated. You want to call it obliterated. Choose your word.”
Describing the massive impact of the operation, Pete Hegseth said, “This was a historically successful attack. We should celebrate it as Americans, and it gives us a chance to have peace, chance to have a deal, and an opportunity to prevent a nuclear Iran, which is something President Trump talked about for 20 years, and no other presidents had the courage to actually do so.”
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Cheaply trying to take away from the moment, a woke journalist interjected with a disrespectful comment. She asked, “Why not acknowledge the female pilots who also participated in this mission? The early messages that you sent out only congratulated the boys.”
Annoyed by this cheap comment, the SECDEF replied, “So when I say something like our boys and bombers, see, this is the kind of thing the press does, right? Of course, the Chairman mentioned a female bomber pilot. That’s fantastic. She’s fantastic. She’s a hero. I want more female bomber pilots. I hope the men and women of our country sign up to do such brave and audacious things.”
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Burying the woke journalist, Hegseth fired back, “When you spin it as because I say our boys and bombers is a common phrase, I’ll I’ll keep saying things like that, whether they’re men or women, very proud of that female pilot, just like I’m very proud of those male pilots, and I don’t care if it’s a male or a female in that cockpit, and the American people don’t care. But it’s the obsession with race and gender in this department that’s changed priorities. We don’t do that anymore. We don’t play your little games.”
Featured image from embedded video