‘We don’t play your little games’: Hegseth goes scorched earth on reporters

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went scorched earth on reporters at a Pentagon press briefing on Thursday, accusing them of “cheering against” President Donald J. Trump.

The tongue-lashing was in response to negative reporting on the strikes against Iran’s three nuclear sites, where outlets relied on a leaked low-confidence intelligence assessment suggesting the facilities may not have been seriously damaged and could be operational again in just a few months.

“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, because you want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy of these strikes. You have to hope maybe they weren’t effective,” Hegseth said. “Maybe the way the Trump administration is representative isn’t true. 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.”

“There are so many aspects of what our brave men and women did that because of the hatred of this press corps are undermined because people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn’t successful. It’s irresponsible,” he added. “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.”

“How about we talk about how special America is, that only we have these capabilities? I think it’s too much to ask, unfortunately, for the fake news. So we’re used to that.”

Hegseth openly laughed at the “gotcha” games being played by the media when asked about using the term “boys” to describe the military pilots who participated in the bombing of the Iranian nuclear sites, even though there was one female pilot.

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“When you spin it as because I say ‘our boys in bombers’ — it’s a common phrase, I’ll keep saying things like that,” he replied.

“Whether they’re men or women, very proud of that female pilot, just like I’m very proud of those male pilots,” Hegseth continued. “And I don’t care if it’s a male or a female in that cockpit, and the American people don’t care. But it’s the obsession with race and gender in this department that’s changed priorities.”

He concluded, “We don’t do that anymore. We don’t play your little games.”

Social media users seemed to be onboard with the SecDef… here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:

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