Pete Hegseth declares 'victory' over Iran with 'a capital V' as he thanks war fighters and claims 'Iran begged for this ceasefire'
Hegseth claimed during his Wednesday morning that the US had accomplished a 'decisive military victory' against Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement is “not the end of the campaign,” as he launched the largest wave of attacks in Lebanon since the start of the war.“Let me be clear: We still have objectives to complete, and we will achieve them—either through agreement or through renewed fighting,”…
Hegseth claimed during his Wednesday morning that the US had accomplished a 'decisive military victory' against Iran.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine declared victory over Iran in a Pentagon press conference, a day after Iran and the US agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Hegseth described the war as a 'historic and overwhelming victory' for the United States and told reporters that Iran had 'begged' for a…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to force another war powers vote to rein in President Donald Trump's use of the military in Iran amid a fragile ceasefire.
The Middle East’s best hope may be that the US president continues to rebadge strategic defeat as successBoth the US and Iran claimed victory on Wednesday morning. Both were lying. The two-week ceasefire announced by Donald Trump the night before is not the triumph that he declared. It may not be an end to the war, as welcome as the pause is, or even last…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon, a day after President Trump announced a two-week pause on escalating strikes in Iran. Trump declared the U.S. military operation against Iran a “complete and total victory” earlier Wednesday, after announcing that Tehran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal, including…
"NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN,” Trump wrote on social media.
The United States and Iran have agreed to a very tenuous ceasefire that appears to be holding less than 24 hours after its implementation, though hurdles have already emerged. Vice President JD Vance characterized the deal as a “fragile truce” on Wednesday, and within the first day, it has already been tested. Since President Donald…