Pete Hegseth’s panicky, angry, weirdly religious Iran war briefing was painful to watch
- Posted on April 16, 2026
- By The Independent
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Pete Hegseth’s panicky, angry, weirdly religious Iran war briefing was painful to watch

The louder he shouts about the Iran war, the less convincing he sounds. And now Pete Hegseth has reduced himself to vaguely threatening the press about their coverage of this disastrous conflict, writes Holly Baxter