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‘A cartoon villain’: Hegseth shredded for ‘cringe’ pep talk to Navy soldiers about Iran war

The Independent·Josh Marcus·3 days ago
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A clip of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth giving a “cringe” speech to US sailors about the Iran war is going viral. Hegseth was in Singapore on Friday, where he did drills with the crew of the USS Boxer and then spoke to a group of assembled sailors about the ongoing conflict. In his remarks, Hegseth pointed to a recent comment from President Trump , which threatened further US strikes if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal to end the war. “He said, ‘Well, Iran can either do it the right way, with a deal across the table , or they can deal with my guy on the left,’” Hegseth said. “That happened to be me. But it's not me. It's you guys!” Online commentators quickly mocked the speech and the audience of service members, who appeared to be mostly unmoved by Hegseth’s call to arms .…

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