US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday once again suggested the international community should show gratitude for President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, which has led to a global oil supply shock and created the potential for food shortages in the coming months.

Speaking with reporters at the Pentagon, Hegseth defended the president’s decision to launch a war of choice with Iran that so far has cost US taxpayers an estimated $60 billion.

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    1 month ago

    It mostly seems to have been a setup for certain people to make a lot of money insider trading, to distract people from the epstein files, distract people from israel’s attrocities in Gaza, and because trump is desperate to be seen as big, tough, and above all, successful, when he is none of those things.