Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth didn’t hold back this week when he lit into the press for what he says is their nonstop bias against President Trump – and worse, against our own military heroes.
In a fiery moment during a press briefing, Hegseth took direct aim at reporters in the room. Not with vague complaints. Not with political spin. But with raw truth that had many conservatives cheering.
BREAKING: SecDef Pete Hegseth stares right at the press and goes scorched earth, spelling out their insanity. I could watch this all day.
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“You, and I mean specifically YOU, the press, you cheer against Trump so hard, it’s in your DNA and in your blood to cheer against Trump,” Hegseth said.
“Because you want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy of these strikes.”
He was referring to the recent U.S. military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
While President Trump called them a complete success, some media outlets quickly started casting doubt.
CNN, for example, cited unnamed “sources” who claimed the damage wasn’t as bad as reported. They even suggested Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and centrifuges might still be intact.
In other words, they’re already saying the mission might’ve failed – even while the Pentagon is still doing its full review.
That’s what Hegseth was pushing back on. Hard.
“Maybe the way the Trump administration is representing it is true,” he continued. “So let’s take half-truths, spun information, leaked information, and then spin it, spin it in every way we can to try to cause doubt and manipulate the mind, the public mind, over whether or not our brave pilots were successful.”
Instead of talking about how difficult and dangerous the mission was, most media outlets seemed more focused on poking holes in Trump’s messaging. Hegseth asked a good question:
“How many stories have been written about how hard it is to, I don’t know, fly a plane for 36 hours? Has MSNBC done that story? Has Fox? Have we done the story how hard that is?”
It’s a fair point.
The mission involved B-2 stealth bombers flying halfway around the world, refueling in the air, dodging enemy defenses, and delivering precision strikes. That’s not exactly a walk in the park.
But instead of honoring that effort, Hegseth says some in the press are too busy rooting against the mission just because it happened under Trump’s leadership.
“There are so many aspects of what our brave men and women did that because of the hatred of this press corps are undermined,” he said. “Because people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn’t successful. It’s irresponsible.”
He wasn’t done.
“You’re undermining the success of incredible B-2 pilots and incredible F-35 pilots and incredible refuelers and incredible air defenders who accomplished their mission.”
Then Hegseth got to the heart of it – the pride in America’s unmatched strength.
“How about we talk about how special America is, that only we have these capabilities?” he asked. “I think it’s too much to ask, unfortunately, for the fake news. So we’re used to that.”
Many on the right cheered the remarks, calling them long overdue.
After years of watching the media downplay or ignore Trump-era successes, Hegseth’s defense of the troops – and the truth – struck a chord.
Fox News contributor Jesse Watters said Hegseth “spoke for millions of Americans who are sick and tired of the media rooting for failure just to score political points.”
Critics, of course, pushed back. Some journalists argued Hegseth was just trying to distract from unanswered questions about the mission’s outcome. Others said it’s their job to question official claims.
But here’s the thing: nobody’s saying reporters shouldn’t ask questions.
What Hegseth – and many Americans – are tired of is the constant assumption that if Trump says something went right, the media’s first instinct is to prove it went wrong.
That’s not journalism. That’s politics with a press pass.
Whether you love Trump or not, the men and women who flew that mission deserve our respect, not spin.
As Hegseth made clear, this was about the pilots. The airmen. The refuelers. The folks who risked their lives to carry out a mission only America could pull off.
And if the media can’t even give them that, then maybe Hegseth’s right – it’s not just bias anymore. It’s personal.
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