"This is what the fake news misses. We've taken control of Iran's airspace and waterways without boots on the ground. We control their fate. But when a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front-page news. I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad, but try for once to report the reality."
"Pete Hegseth, when our fallen warriors were brought up and the secretary of defense, and the spokesperson for the White House yesterday acted like even mentioning these fallen heroes' names was like a slur against the president. They actually tried to make the death of American troops about Donald Trump."
"It was one of the most childish—it was just so childish—proved once again, Pete Hegseth, nowhere near prepared to be secretary of defense. He's emotionally not there, he's not there in every other way, but these are our fallen heroes and the suggestion that we should be like Vladimir Putin and just ignore when American heroes die in uniform while serving this country?"
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a press briefing on Wednesday highlighting U.S.-Israel military accomplishments against Iran while criticizing media coverage. He expressed frustration that tragic incidents received prominent attention instead of battlefield successes, stating the press only wants to make the president look bad. His comments followed the confirmed deaths of six service members killed Sunday when an Iranian unmanned drone struck a command center in Kuwait. On Thursday's Morning Joe, hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski criticized Hegseth's remarks, arguing he inappropriately treated mentions of fallen heroes as attacks on President Trump rather than acknowledging the genuine tragedy of American military deaths.
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