Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the Pentagon will continue “negotiating with bombs” even as he expressed openness to a U.S.-led peace deal with Iran. In just a few seconds, he proved that he was indeed sulking about President Trump’s new direction with Iran.
Per The Hill, Hegseth made his comments during a White House Cabinet meeting. Partly to acknowledge special envoy Steve Witkoff, and to butter up Trump, he began with, “We pray for a deal, and we welcome a deal and we have the ultimate dealmaker to make it happen.” Then he couldn’t hold his figurative pout back: “But in the meantime, as I said yesterday, the Department of War will continue negotiating with bombs. War is negotiation by other means.”
