Trump Throws Pete Hegseth Under the Bus as Iran War Spirals

Trump Throws Pete Hegseth Under the Bus as Iran War Spirals

Malcolm Ferguson
Mon, March 23, 2026 at 2:26 PM EDT


President Trump is already trying to throw Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth under the bus for the fruitless war on Iran.

“I called Pete, I called General Caine, I called a lot of our great people … and I said, ‘Let’s talk. We got a problem in the Middle East. We have a country … that for 47 years has been a purveyor of terror. And they’re very close to having a nuclear weapon. We can keep going and get that 50,000 up to 55 and 60, there’s no end. Or we could take a stop and make a little journey into the Middle East, and eliminate a big problem,’” Trump said Monday at an event in Memphis.

“Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up,” Trump continued. “And you said, ‘Let’s do it.’ Because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.”

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“Hegseth about to give his next briefing from under the bus,” liberal podcaster Jon Favreau wrote on X. ...............(more)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-throws-pete-hegseth-under-182611851.html