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.

Both sides claim that they’ve agreed to stop fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz, but the fighting is still happening and Hormuz is still closed.
Hegseth claimed during his Wednesday morning that the US had accomplished a 'decisive military victory' against Iran.
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.
Donald Trump is not happy as a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is on the verge of collapsing. On Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, Trump expressed frustration that “Numerous Agreements, Lists, and Letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the U.S.A. / Iran Negotiation, in many cases, they are total Fraudsters,…
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…
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…
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.