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BREAKING: MAGA Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has a meltdown after Donald Trump's illegal bombing of Iran comes into doubt — accuses the news media of trying to "manipulate the public mind" and tells them that their "DNA" and "blood" are to blame.

The alleged alcoholic is really tuned up over this one...

"Because you. And I mean specifically you the press. Specifically you, the press corp. Because you cheer against Trump so hard," Hegseth said in a bizarre staccato cadence at a press conference. "It's like 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," he continued. "Maybe the way the Trump administration is representing them 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 public mind over whether or not our brave pilots were successful."

In truth, journalists have simply been trying to inform the American public. Donald Trump prematurely claimed that his strikes, undertaken without Congressional approval, "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program. A leaked Pentagon report revealed that in reality the program may have just been set back a few months. Trump has been freaking out over the report nonstop and just today, he called for the reporters involved to be fired.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, admittedly not a man known for his honesty, said today that Trump "exaggerated" the success of the strikes, adding that they "could not achieve anything significant." At this point, the extent of the damage is unclear which is exactly why we need our news outlets investigating the story.

"How many stories have been written about how hard it is, I don’t know, to fly a plane for thirty-six hours? Has MSNBC done that story? Has Fox? Have we done the story?" asked Hegseth.

"How about how difficult it is to shoot a drone from an F15 or 16 or F22 or F35? Or what it’s like to man a patriot battery or how hard it is to refuel mid-air?" he added.

The stories Hegseth suggested would not be news. They would be puff pieces designed to distract the American people. We have a right to know if these strikes were successful, if Trump actually accomplished what he set out to do when he violated the Constitution. This administration has no patience for real journalism. They want mindless pro-regime propaganda pumped out by every outlet in every report.

Later in the disgraceful press conference, Hegseth's former Fox News colleague Jennifer Griffin asked him about concerns that the Iranians managed to transfer their enriched uranium out of the Fordo site before the bombs hit.

NBC News previously reported that the “extent of the damage to the deeply buried facility at Fordo” as well as the sites at Isfahan and Natanz has yet to be determined. Roughly 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium is still “publicly unaccounted for.” The New York Times reports that it would be enough uranium to make nine or ten atomic bombs.

Rather than allay the concerns, Hegseth went after Griffin personally.

"Of course we're watching every single aspect but Jennifer you've been about the worst," snapped Hegseth. "The one who misrepresents the most intentionally. What the presidents says— I'm familiar."

"I reported about the ventilation shafts on Saturday night. And in fact I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission with great accuracy so I take issue with that," she said.

Every new day with this administration is a new low. These strikes were never about keeping the United States safe, they were designed to score Trump a cheap political win with his base. Now that the success is in doubt, the entire administration is in panic mode. If they were truly confident in their success, they wouldn't be launching these deranged attacks on the press.

Retching — profusely.

Exactly what I would expect to hear from A-kissing Petey boy. He (after accepting a position from Trump and now always being in arrears to him). As to complex — I have extremely serious doubts and in 'history' is another super major stretch totally straining credibility.

Resounding success —- we don't even need to go there. Maybe to above ground damage, but that's about it.

The Loon is lucky so many stupid maga's exist because they for sure don't question. They will eat up what ever three sheets to the wind little Petey says about his orange boss. All hail the Cabinet stooges.

Professional and learning even more from the orange lunatic.

I think I will never get over some of the rank a**hol*s in this world. McConnel has always been close to the top and still there.

Truer words.

Of course it makes no sense but look who got elected — were on the down hill slide.

Heathens have no issue with themselves.