War Secretary Pete Hegseth did not hold back his disgust at many of the anti-Trump journalists whom he said were so blinded by their animus toward him that they were simply unable to do their job or recognize brilliance when they saw it. Much like the Pharisees during Jesus’s time, they had their own agenda to fulfill despite whatever reality was presented to them.
For context, the scathing remarks came amidst the United States’ efforts in April of 2026 to prevent Iran from realizing its own goal of developing a nuclear weapon. It doesn’t take much speculation what a nuclearized Iran might try to achieve or carry out, so it became incumbent upon President Donald Trump to thwart any such efforts. Despite the obvious goal of the administration and its wildly successful attacks on the regime, many in the media and press corps refused to acknowledge the good that was happening because their own derangement and worldview precluded it.
Hegseth opened his remarks by pointing out some observations of both the media’s hypocrisy when it came to American military observations and later the ephiphany he had while recounting central biblical passages.
“As I just can’t help but notice the endless stream of garbage, the relentlessly negative coverage you cannot resist peddling despite the historic and important success of this effort and the success of our troop troops, sometimes it’s hard to figure out what side some of you are actually on. It’s incredibly unpatriotic this same press corps, not not this exact same press corps, but at least an older press corps bent over backwards during the Biden administration to explain away the disastrous and disgraceful Afghanistan withdrawal. You called it the greatest airlift in American history. It’s almost like you’re cheering only for one side,” he began.
“This past Sunday, I was sitting in church with my family, and our minister preached from the book of Mark, the third chapter, and in the passage, Jesus entered a synagogue and healed a man with a withered hand. The Pharisees came to watch, and as the scripture reads, they came to see whether he Jesus would heal him, or he would heal him on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him. You see the Pharisees, the so called and self appointed elites of their time,” he then said of the story of Christ’s return to Jerusalem.
“They were there to witness, to write everything down to report, but their hearts were hardened, even though they witnessed a literal miracle, it didn’t matter. They were only there to explain away the goodness in pursuit of their agenda. As the passage ends, the Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel against him, how to destroy him,” he continued.
“I sat there in church and I thought, our press are just like these Pharisees, not all of you, not all of you, but the legacy Trump, hating press, your politically motivated animus for President Trump nearly completely blinds you from the brilliance of our American warriors, the Pharisees scrutinized every good act in order to find a violation, only looking for the negative,” he said.
“The hardened hearts of our press are calibrated only to impugn I would ask you to open your eyes to the goodness, the historic success of our troops, the courage of this President, and this historic moment for a deal that could end the Iranian nuclear threat, the incredible Battlefield victory laid before your eyes, the not one, but two, incredible rescue missions, miracles, you might say, or a locked in blockade,” he went on.
“Or how about historic recruiting numbers? Yesterday, we announced that the Air Force and the Space Force met new higher goals in FY 26, five months in advance of the end of the fiscal year. Five, five months ahead of time the Marine Corps and the army will soon do the same. Two, three years ago, we couldn’t meet lower recruiting numbers, not even close.
“Where are the reports on that? Where’s the coverage of the new spirit in the country? The new spirit in the ranks, the surge of Americans wanting to join the greatest military in the world. Nothing from the fake news. We sense a pattern you see on the battlefield. These are demonstrations of uniquely American capabilities, strength and resolve.”
It’s all around you each and every day, but in the press, you only seek the negative, earning each and every day the fake news label. But the American people with goodness in their hearts see past the Pharisees in our press. They see the goodness you are watching. You see the goodness. They see the success. They see the reality, and they don’t demand perfection, and perfection is not possible on any battlefield, but they see the incredible feats that our troops accomplish every single day,” he finished.
Watch Hegseth excoriate the woke media below:
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