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Hegseth ties Iran rescue to Easter story and Jesus Christ: 'A pilot reborn'

Apr 6, 2026Right

Pete Hegseth compares the rescue of an Air Force officer shot down over Iran on Good Friday and saved on Easter Sunday to Jesus' resurrection.

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President Trump also asserted that God supports the American war against Iran “because God is good, and God wants to see people taken care of.”

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Hegseth Claims Rescued Airman in Iran Is Like … Jesus?

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Apr 6, 2026

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Hegseth Claims Rescued Airman in Iran Is Like … Jesus?

A boisterous Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth compared one of the rescued fighter pilots downed in Iran to Jesus Christ resurrecting from the dead and emerging from his tomb on Easter Sunday.Hegseth made an appearance at President Trump’s briefing Monday regarding the two U.S. fighter pilots who were extracted from Iran after being shot down on Friday.“One…

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Hegseth's comparison of rescued pilot and resurrected Christ bewilders: 'Having a stroke?'

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went for a peculiar comparison at Monday's press conference on the rescue of downed pilots in Iran, comparing the operation to bring them home to the resurrection of Jesus Christ."Shot down on Good Friday, hidden in a cave, a crevice all of Saturday and rescued on Sunday," said Hegseth. "Flown out of Iran as the sun was…

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Apr 6, 2026

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'God is Good': Hegseth draws Easter story parallel in describing rescue of airman

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drew parallels Monday between the story of Easter and the airman rescued in Iran Sunday.

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