Trump Reveals Pete Hegseth Was Disappointed by Iran Talks After SecDef Declares 'We Negotiate With Bombs!'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 24th, 2026, 4:32 pm


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that the Defense Department is negotiating with bombs shortly before President Donald Trump remarked that Hegseth was disappointed the U.S. is engaged in talks with Iran on Tuesday.

Trump took questions after the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office on Tuesday, and at one point, asked Hegseth to make a statement about the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

“Pete, do you want to give about a three-minute statement on how we’re doing in this, as I call it, military operation?” inquired Trump. “People don’t like me using the word war, so I won’t. But the Democrats call it a war. How about a little statement? I think he’s done a very good job.”. Hegseth happily obliged:

Well, thank you, Mr. President. You’re spot on. Never in history has a modern military, Iran had a modern military, a modern navy, a modern air force, modern air defenses, leadership, massive bunker, never has a modern military been so rapidly and historically obliterated, defeated from day one with overwhelming firepower. The air campaign that we’ve conducted, that Israel’s conducted alongside us was one for the history books, truly. And it’s because we have a president of the United States that when he sends his war fighters out to fight, he unties their hands to actually go out and close with and destroy the enemy as viciously as possible from moment one.

And that’s why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs!

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[lapfog_1]

1. they really like the term "obliterate"

how many times do we need to obliterate things before they are, ummm, obliterated?

[calimary]

2. Oh for Pete's sake...

That’s America’s face to the world, folks.

It’s gonna take a long time to build back trust after Donald has chewed it up, then spit it out onto the floor and shit on it.

[Buddyzbuddy]

3. Did Pete say this before or after getting his makeup touched up and his hair coiffed?

Somebody, please give those two some toys and put them in an isolated room and bring in some adults to fix this mess.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. When did Congress yield war making powers

to SecDef? I missed it. Now SoS too?

[Javaman]

5. in other news: pissed that he still can't get that round peg into the square hole

drunky bombed it.

[Bengus81]

6. Who would know more about being "bombed" that Kegsbreath?

[BattleRow]

7. Explains why he is so bombastic and completely obliterated most of the time.