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- Published on Apr 19, 2026
- Watch MS NOW hosts reacts to Friday's Pentagon press briefing on the war with Iran from Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth and the implications for the Trump administration.
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If anyone thinks Trump cares about gas prices, housing costs, home electricity costs, inflation, no jobs, troops getting killed, grocery prices, health care costs, or anything else that would improve the lives of most Americans, you are wrong.
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to democracy since Adolf Hitler!!
And about himself above all
His net worth went up 4 Billion
Yes, Trump cares about the oil price. After stealing oil from Venezuela, Trump wants the price of oil to go up so he can profit off it.
Trump has never had to worry about the cost-of-living in his entire life. Anyone who voted for him because they believed he understood their pain is a fool.
Hegseth is insane and should never be anywhere near this job
Won't be long before Trump blames him for the whole bloody mess and throws him under the bus.
"We will fight them on the beaches etc" does he think hes Churchill?
With an insane boss who allows his insanity
What the Biden crime family did in the four years to this country is even a bigger shame, but at least gas isn’t as high under Trump as it was under the Biden crime family😂😂😂
@CodyJarvis-f4n Trump has turned the presidency into a get rich quick pyramid scheme, and he will just walk away with his presidential documents that state i did it all in the best interests serving my country. thats what happens when you do not update the constitution, they will use it to fit their own narative
Hegseth's own mother is on the record saying he's not fit for purpose.
Obama's mother was on the record saying that he should have never been put in a position of power.
Thomas-w6y7p The Clintonstein Files.
@Reaper-cm4jr Prove it. It’s easy to find the quote from Hegseth’s ma
@Reaper-cm4jrKeep swallowing
@christinediehl570 OK, you post a CREDIBLE link to that statement and when you have I will to.
Hegseth speaks like a psychopath.
Cuz he is one… just staying true to his nature for all the sane ppl in the world to see.
Hegseth is a violent psychopath.
SPREAD THE WORD.....Call trump NERO II OR CALIGULA II HE IS CRAZY SPREAD THIS THIS WILL MAKE HIM CRAZY HA HA HA HE SOULD DISSAPPERA NOW
That's because he is
well, he does believe trump is literally anointed by Jesus to start the Armageddon. If he's not a psychopath, he's certainly a sociopathic nut.
Epstein Scandal is never going away, no matter how many wars he starts.
Come on Give trump a little credit he is doing his best to change the narrative, I really dont know how he goes from 1 crazy issue to another keeping us at the edge of our seats
Why is your name in there?
@sharbatly2008 At least he is competent in one thing...
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to democracy since Adolf Hitler!!
@FogHat-TapSnapOrNap
All of them need to be sent to the Hague tribunal for crimes against humanity.
Bibi has already a warrant on his head...lets get the others as well, yes
and what about the voters? They are responsible for this mess
He’s there now. Search the hague netherlands emergency court
@Bjkg-ku1esDo you think BiBi still has a head?
@bletheringfool Mostly, it was the idiots that didn't vote. Almost 1/2 of the country didn't bother.
Hegseth is more concerned about his physical appearance than the Americans soldiers that have been killed in Trump’s New War.
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to democracy since Adolf Hitler!!
*Yes.*
@TheMajorIncident *Yes.*
Hegseth has appearance and rhetoric of executioner..
I understand Pete perfectly well that he's concerned about his physical appearance! 😂
Hegseth is really dumb, his is paving his way to prison on war crime charges, gosh. breathtaking stupidity.
Hegseth is what I consider a Demon. Terrible.
@deborahmuller7559 Demons are scary - Kegsbreath is just PATHETIC..
I almost wish trump was younger so he could spend more time in prison
Here's hoping there will be prosecutions for war crimes.
Pardon in back pocket.
When will the military leaders call this whole “adventure” an illegal war and pull our troops OUT and stop following illegal orders !!!!!
das ist der Grund, warum Trump Soldaten und das Militär nie ernst genommen hat- weil sie nur Befehle befolgen.Und das weiß er eben. EGAL, wie illegal die sind.
They're sending in 5000 Marines to be slaughtered !
never
When? After Hegseth and Trump threatened them their ranks and their jobs. But if they could get together and form a bastion against those two imbeciles.
How about some bad things happen to you Hegseth? How about it?
Citizen Bessent is a master in not being convincing!
When Bessent is blinking you know he's lying...
I'm convinced of that.
I can't imagine a single person alive believing a word out of that man's mouth,as he stutters his way through every sentence uttered.
Just another unqualified loyalist moron,1 of many.
@elibnem4126 the best example of a simping weasel, Bessent is a real turd.
He’s a smug lying fellow.
Scott Bessent don’t even try to be good at lying. He clearly doesn’t believe the words coming out of his own mouth.
I wonder why Trump hired him?
@nicolasolton He's a perfect fit. Lies in every sentence. Mistruths in every other. Stammering yammering fool who is far out in the deep end. And he's sinking.
He cannot lie without stuttering. If the context was not so tragic, it would be funny to watch.
Thought I was listening to Ralph Kramden...
Hummanahummanahummana
He might lie with Erika Kirk. Since Charlie is no longer alive.
No quarter for Kegsbreath.
The chair for him
“No quarter given, no mercy” as an order is illegal under the Geneva Conventions.
Hegseth is a war criminal
And Lloyd Austin violated Federal Law and his Oath of Office.
@Reaper-cm4jrlol
@Reaper-cm4jr Whataboutism is fine and all, but admit that you agree that Kegsbreath is a War Criminal.
Ignorance & simply lack of experience 😢
@Reaper-cm4jr Ok, so lets call him before congress and present the evidence for him and Kegsbreath and then refer for appropriate charges.
When I feel it in my bone spurs
Trump will probably come to greatly regret saying anything about feelings in his bones...😂
@nicolasolton He inserts foot in mouth again but he could care less; nothing with him computes
Pete Hegseth spent a significant portion of the briefing attacking the press, specifically criticizing CNN for reporting that the administration had underestimated Iran's ability to disrupt global shipping. Get rid of him right now.
wishful thinking
Besides the Trump needs to go first it was his responsibility that self serving compromised president
Fake news 😅.
@sharbatly2008: All you “Trump needs to go” people are wasting your time and energy. He was elected to a 4 year term and isn’t going anywhere. He’s not going to be removed by impeachment, the 25th Amendment, resignation or anything else. And living another 3 years is very likely too. Why don’t you focus your energy on things that are actually plausible?
@reason6835
we dont give a sh** About oil
The CURRENT war with Iran is illegal. WHY is the military going along with it?
Military just dumb puppet of government. When was last time the U.S military refused a direct government order to attack?
Good soldiers don't think just follow orders..
Following illegal orders
Hmmmm .. those 6 military members of congress weren’t wrong ..were they ????
@MagikSpell We probably wouldn't know.
I have been thinking that too. Trump could send ICE. I could imagine them fighting proper soldiers.
Donald Trump war criminal needs to be impeached, removed from office, and exiled from the United States of America 🇺🇸
No country will take him. Would be an ocean, like Osama Bin Laden.
I have been saying for years he should be stripped of his citizenship.
@petrakroesche6869 Iran probably would.
Then you will need to jail this war criminal as well.
Pakistan - the largest number of strikes, mostly in the tribal regions near
Afghanistan
• Afghanistan - ongoing military operations during the war
• Yemen - targeting Al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP)
• Somalia - targeting militants from Al-Shabaab
• Libya - especially during and after the 2011 intervention
Afghanistan
• Yes - this was a full war with large troop numbers.
• When Barack Obama took office in 2009 there were about 30,000 U.s. troops.
• He ordered a "surge" to about 100,000 troops by
2011 to fight Taliban and
Al-Qaeda.
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to democracy since Adolf Hitler!!
17:42 Why did Hegseth call out CNN for saying that? Saying it was fake new is ridiculous. It was an opinion that was actually shared by the ENTIRE WORLD. Fox news probably even said it.
No honour among thieves…….bully and thugs.
And COWARDS
that saying is in regards to snitching
Bullies, plural.
Incompetency is a disaster !
always but if in charge its the end
@Bjkg-ku1es ends with a lasting and permanent damaged.
@mtam7575 Yes. Unfortunately.
Kegsbreath stripped the dept. that would have known that school was there, not a military target.
He should be prosecuted for war crimes!
Cry more 😂
It's histrionic, now 😂 Everything but the hounds snapping at its tail end...
@86theDemocrats @Darthsailo...how many accounts now?
@DeltaTango26 @Darthsailo...how many accounts now?
@3I0H55AOUY As many as the Biden family has for their "businesses"
The US was pretty eager to murder Venezuelans fishers in small boats but can't control a few small Iranian mine layers???
They were Colombian fishermen…educate yourself. All lies and all criminal and sadistic.
Great Point 🇺🇸💙
Because they could shoot the Venezuelans from the sky. Cowards.
What is the body count so far with this administration at home and abroad ??
I think the US has become a Temu version of the movie Idiocracy.
Have you considered leaving?😂
@DeltaTango26 Get ready to be drafted!
@Muttley257 I already served 🤷♂️
@DeltaTango26 You think Trump cares about past service or age limit? He's gonna get you back in there!
So true
With enough whiskey in the mix, Pete Hegseth can make a press conference sound like a cavalry charge.
Release the full Epstein Files, redacted only for victims, as the LAW DEMANDS! Impeach and Imprison Bondi and Patel for this Cover-Up!!!
What Hegshit meant to say was Iran doesn't have anything to worry about in the Strait of Hormuz".
Petey boy is nothing but a vain little man who wants to censor any negative comment or image of him . You'd never see him actually physically participate in any invasion.
Yes. And he served in the military but never rose the ranks and got into something like the army rangers or airborne, yet he speaks like he was at the highest possible level in the miltary and knows more than all of them. He speaks down to people
He may have been in the military but I believe it was a desk job.
How can one country tell another country what to do with their resource?? The audacity.
Have you not been paying attention?
Trump is also telling South Africa what to do with our resources. He does this with everyone. He is stupid & uneducated. And in power. And because of that, extremely dangerous.
@javamanV3China doesn't pay him any attention, so should the rest of the world.
Kegsbreath claims Iran is getting desperate. *He* sounds desperate.
He called him “Hesgeth” and I love it.
the world sees the lies, the deceit, and the institutional decay unfolding in real time. How do you watch your own democratic foundations erode and still do nothing? A country that once demanded accountability now seems willing to tolerate the rot.
Exactly
Very late to stop it but it can be done
@tomsummer5336 I wish it weren’t true, but it has to be called out.
USA is a DINO: Democracy In Name Only
Russia speed run here in the USA?😮
I've seen reports that Trump asked Iran for a ceasefire, and they declined. If the war was complete and the US has decimated them completely, why would we ask for a ceasefire? Why would we be sending Marines? Why is the strait still under Iran's control? I'm so sick of the gaslighting and criminal idiocy from this administration.
The Trump Regime thought that the war was 4 days max but when Iranians didnt do what Trump ordered the US had no exit ramp
What? LOL! They’ve said since the beginning that the first phase of this war alone would last 3-5 weeks. And that’s just the first phase.
Coalition Forces? There is no coalition.
When you start a war without informing or consulting allies, expect them to flick you the middle finger.
Pottery Barn rules. You break it. You own it.
yeah especially when your war endangers your so called allies
Hegseth knows what he is doing is illigal. These rules and laws were set up after World War II to keep World War III from happening. Trump and Hegseth are breaking all those laws. Hegseth wants to do whatever he wants without anyone checking on him. He will be going to prison when this is over for the war crimes they are committing.
He called rules of war "woke".
@soupdragon151These rules of war are keeping us out of WW3. They were put into place after WW2 to keep us from ever going into WW3.
Note to Bessent; Better to say nothing and be thought a fool, then say something and erase any Doubt!
That's what you get when you hire your Secretary of Excursion from Temu
More like Dollar General. Temu has quality stuff..
They found this guy in rehab.😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thot it wuz Fox ??😜
Definitely 💯😈
TRUMP, HEGSETH, BESSENT, AND ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATION ARE FRAUDS AND HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.... THIS IS CRIMINAL!!!
Maybe Hegseth should lead the way and show them how to do it.
A coalition of what countries? No sane country would join in to help the US and get clobbered and receive no thanks for it.
Where is that little Weasel Miller? Doesn't usually write the scripts so everyone is on the page?
Short term gain - long term pain😢
theres no gain only death...and more death
@markharris5861 there is gain- fro trump and his friends, they cashing in on this war.
Hegseth reminds me of a character from one of my childhood favorite movies, the Karate Kid. The evil Karate coach who would use any unfair mean to overcome his opponent and eventually gets humbled by a much older and wiser Mr. Miyagi
Parasitic isnotreal is destroying the U.S.
When the wicked go wild..... its a war against us all
First thing DOGE did was fire all the JAG IG's. Of course Kegsbreath is trying to eliminate all oversight of his criminal orders.
So the plane came down...and it wasn't hostile or friendly fire?? So hey there henny penny, did it just fall out of the air for no reason? I heard it collided with another US plane. Another blunder, like not telling Kuwait we were going into their airspace and having them shoot down 2 F15s costing about $350 million. Outdated info used to bomb Iran killing many young innocent girls... The Secretary of Incompetence. Looking forward to his trial. Make sure both the Vindman brothers get to Congress Florida, we need smart folks with real military knowledge there.
"Coalition" forces? Bahahahahahahaha - TRump has f*$ked all of our allies and nobody is going to come help when he starts crying.
Thank you Katy Tur
He look like Eddie Munster
Was there planning? That question actually needed to be asked?!?!? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well done and well said
Trump and Putin using the exact same tactic of making up patently false narratives for the masses unable to use their god given cognitive power. P.S. (This ain't Venezuela)
Wilfred Frost constantly mispronouncing the Secretary's name as "Hesgeth" is low-key hilarious.
another Vietnam war that no one wanted how history repeats itself
This is worse than what Vietnam was. What we are witnessing is that Iran seems to be controlling a major bit on the escalation ladder.
Major miscalculation, but the impact is brutal for the World here 😞.
@Betelgeusewaitforit Not worse yet. I doubt you were following its horrific course.
@MisteRapaNui-r9h if it ends up being worse or not depends on what Iran does, the US has no control at all, unlike vietnam
With much sofisticated weapons, more lethal.
It's going to be a lot worse than Vietnam
With him making the no quarter comment he should lead the Marines onto the beach!
When it's war, bad things happen. And it's by bad people that they're brought about.
China's not scared. China doesn't feel pressured
Just gives China the green light to start crap in the Pacific.
I will feel it in my bones when it should be over?
The American Government, led by the 3 STOOGES
*The ACA caused Health Care to Skyrocket*
It Failed at its intended Goal
Not only that, it's RIFE with FRAUD
A coalition escort will just quadruple the price.
He looked completely frustrated.
Bessant: stutter, stutter, stutter.... 'I'm pathetic, what does my boss want to hear me say?'
We should also blame SCOTUS for this blatant disregard for the rule of law.
Hegseth claims he was already knew what would happen in the Straight of Hormuz, which is more telling. It would have been far better to claim a lack of planning than confess stupidity. Hegseth's argument is like Custer saying he knew what would happen at the Little Bighorn and decided to do it anyway.
Why doesn't he go with his troops???.
Trump is making deals with our enemies and should be removed from office immediately. Jared kushner and that Witkoff guy should be arrested immediately for treason!
He said it.its fun
Their corruption and immorality are only outshined by their sheer incompetence and stupidity.
And hubris.
"Cei care vă pot face să credeți absurdități vă pot face să comiteți atrocități." - Voltaire.
Hegseth is a punk
I loathe him.
Pete Hegseth needs to be on the first military ship that goes into the Straight of Hormuz.
This is how you know that it wasn’t thought out because any type of military expert would’ve thought of all consequences and what to do before, and after as a couter offense or defense
How are you so dumbdumb? 🤗
So no quarter means…….?
Colin Jost has his hands full tonight!
The Hague awaits.
Trump saw nothing knows nothing only wants to blow stuff up . Cuba is next . When Trump is bored he will move on .
1,000 ships?
Trump and his cabinet are all morons. Why are you even asking their opinions. They have zero idea what they're doing and haven't got a clue how the world works.
Amen, a bunch of money grubbing sycophants who know nothing about everything.
There should be a law that any politician that votes for war, should be required to be the first ones on the battlefield..
What is this weird support for this train wreck called the Donald Trump administration. There has to be corruption and blackmail occurring on a scale unimaginable
Why doesn't anyone state the fact and tell US the truth...hegseth is not qualified period.
Religious Zealots ( Israel + Christian Zionists Nationists ) and probably bribes ( for Trump)
Is that Aqua Net? @12:00
"I feel it in my bones..", is probably something a spiritual medium use to communicate with spirits or the deceased. It's not what a president in his right mind relies on.
🙏
No Quarter is not only a war crime, it is a crime in the US military code of conduct carrying a penalty of life in prison.
" Mission Accomplished! " - Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth
put hegseth in jail.
"Don't need to worry about it."
I do so love it when a member of a government has the courage to say "Trust me bro". Bravo mr. Hegseth, bravo, do not ever change!
Trump is playing four dementia chess.
And all the while he is a Financial Genius who is ripping off the Taxpayers for BILLIONS. Go figure.
Also a good one.👍😊
Also a good one. 👍
thecyrenian598 So you think he is going to cancel the Mid-Terms?
He's not playing. He really demeans it.
Can the Jag not have Hegseth arrested for declaring no quarter???
Strait, not “straits”
He is learning. I don’t think he had heard of it before this week.
The straits lol
29:40 you're SO RIGHT. ❤❤❤
I recall kegbreath stated "no quarter given" during the murders of small boat operators in the caribbian and also aren't we still waiting for that matter to be dealt with at committee level?
Listen to me, if America was striking Norwegian boats, the UN would be in an uproar. The powerful in this world don’t care about people of colour!
We are expendable to white people. 😢
I hope I live to see hegseth put in prison, why couldnt he have just watched the movie small soldiers?
Prefer a coup
He will be there the same day Bill Clinton is.
And no quarter when he's arrested.
Get Hegseth to drive a boat through if he thinks it’s fine
In all his arrogance, why doesn't he rename the straight of Hormuz to the straight of trump? And then he can collect a surcharge to all cargo ships passing through. I AM NOT JOKING. HE IS BATSH1T CRAZY ENOUGH TO DO THIS!!!
he will get flattened too thats why theyre not escorting ships if they could he wouldve done it by now, it would be navy version of thermopylae!
"when I feel it in my bones" means " when I look really good because of this, when I'm clearly the big boss daddy"
If I was in US military, I'd resign ASAP who wants to die for Isreal and billionaire s 🍊 🤡 freaks and peeeeeeDooooooeS !!
I think the US are way in over their heads!!
Barbara has always been hawkish!
Good to see Barbara Starr. Haven't seen her in a while.