If you tuned in to watch Pete Hegseth’s press briefing after the freshly minted Iran ceasefire, you probably weren’t expecting much.
Seasoned viewers of Iran war updates from this administration know what to expect: teenage fantasy talk that could’ve been copy-and-pasted from the Counter Strike chat feature; desperate sycophantry about how Trump is the best president in the whole world, from any possible timeline; basically no real information, because we can’t let “our enemies” know anything; stuff about how the real enemy is the domestic US media, coupled with attacks on any reporters asking actual questions; and, if you’re lucky, a slip-up here or there that shows what’s really happening behind the scenes.
