Pete Hegseth has accused journalists of ‘cheering against’ Donald Trump after reports cast doubt on the level of damage done by US strikes to Iran’s nuclear sites. The US Secretary of Defense slammed the media in a fiery briefing where reporters were shown demonstration videos of the bunker-buster bombs used in the strikes.
It comes after Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a statement claiming the US President had ‘greatly exaggerated’ the damage, alongside leaked intelligence reports that cast doubt on Trump’s assertation of ‘total obliteration’.
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