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Pete Hegseth Hits Out at 'Ungrateful' European Allies and Claims Entire World Should Thank Trump
Hegseth's remarks come as the Iran conflict faces record-low public support, with only 38% of Americans backing the war launched without congressional approval.
- At a Thursday press conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters that the world, including Europe, should thank President Donald Trump for the Iran war, calling Iran a direct threat to freedom and civilisation.
- President Donald Trump launched the Iran war early on a Saturday without U.S. Congress approval, with strikes that began the conflict tied to February 28.
- Brent crude surged to $114 a barrel amid rising fears of an energy crisis, with prices climbing more than 57% since the February 28 strikes.
- With just 38% of Americans in favor, support for bombing Iran is unusually low, and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation received more than 200 complaints about commanders framing the conflict as divine last week.
- Hegseth argued the Iran war is different from Iraq and Afghanistan, accusing the media of overstating risks, and said Trump 'knows better.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth thinks Europe should thank Trump for the war in Iran. At the same time, he wants $200 billion from US taxpayers to continue the war. – It takes money to kill bad guys, he says.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Total News Sources14
Leaning Left6Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Left
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- 55% of the sources lean Left
55% Left
L 55%
C 18%
R 27%
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