War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military achieved an "overwhelming victory" in Iran after President Donald Trump agreed to a truce on Tuesday.
Hegseth claimed during his Wednesday morning that the US had accomplished a 'decisive military victory' against Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared victory in the US and Israeli war against Iran on Wednesday, a day after Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday claimed “overwhelming victory” over Iran, hours after President Trump announced a 14-day ceasefire. “Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital V military victory by any measure,” Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing. “Epic fury decimated Iran’s military and rendered…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took a victory lap Wednesday, claiming that Iran "begged" for a cease-fire and touting an "overwhelming victory" on the battlefield.
The White House and wider world clung to a "fragile truce" in the Middle East on Wednesday as President Trump worked to declare military victory over Iran and pivot to a negotiation phase that would lead to lasting peace.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was widely ridiculed Wednesday after framing the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement tentatively reached on Tuesday as a “military victory,” and one that Iran “begged for,” despite many of its provisions directly contradicting some of the Trump administration’s stated war objectives.“Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know…
