Posted on 03/24/2026 6:24:34 AM PDT by McGruff
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was “the first” person in the Trump administration to push for war with Iran, the president claimed Monday.
Trump revealed during a public safety roundtable in Memphis, Tenn. that he had surveyed his top military brass about how he should handle the situation, and Hegseth quickly advocated for military action to stop the theocratic regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“I called a lot of our great people. We have great people, and I said, ‘Let’s talk. We got a problem in the Middle East. We have a country known as Iran that, for 47 years, has been just a purveyor of terror, and they’re close to a nuclear weapon,'” Trump recalled.
“Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up. And you said, ‘Let’s do it, because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,'” Trump added.
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Gawd ... I hate the media.
At which point will this goal be achieved, and can we do it without waging a long war with troops on the ground? We already tried bombing their nuclear facilities, which Trump said were completely "obliterated."
“ Gawd ... I hate the media.”
Yes but Not enough
It does raise a question. How come it took Trump 47 to do it but Trump 45 did not?
No mention of Joe Kent’s Jew push?
Trump 47 learned from Trump 45’s mistakes. The original SecDef of Trump 45 being one of those mistakes.
Also, Trump 45 was under constant attack starting before he even took office. There’s only so much time in a day, and only so much energy one can muster.
Trump doesn’t have to run for reelection this time.
Trump has been calling for taking down Iran for 40 years.
media spins it like its two frat boys arranging a keg party.
You don’t hate the media enough
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