{"id":69164,"date":"2026-03-19T13:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69164"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:45:14","slug":"pete-hegseth-grasps-at-fantasy-that-americans-back-trumps-iran-war-while-attacking-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69164","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Grasps at Fantasy that Americans Back Trump’s Iran War, While Attacking the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an old adage among lawyers that says, “If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have the law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the table.”<\/em> Now we can add the Trump corollary to that which would end with “if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the media.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Actually, in Trump’s world he would probably say to pound the media even if you have the facts and the law on your side. Pounding the media is the first response to virtually every dilemma that Trump or his toadies face. He is so entirely incapable of forming a coherent thought that attacking the press is just easier and, for him, more personally satisfying.<\/p>\n

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Naturally, Trump’s Cabinet follows the same unprincipled path of anti-constitutional dismissal of the free press. His Minister of War Crimes, Pete Hegseth, held a press harangue on Thursday morning to rant about (and at) the media for their audacity in covering Trump’s war against Iran accurately. Hegseth looked directly into the assembled cameras, pointing his finger at them, and bellowed that…<\/p>\n

“I stand here today speaking to you, the American people. Not through filters. Not through reporters. Not through cable news spin. A dishonest and anti-Trump press will stop at nothing to downplay progress, amplify every cost, and call into question every step. Sadly, TDS is in their DNA. They want president Trump to fail. But you, the American people, know better.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Trump's Minister of War Crimes, Pete Hegseth, attacks the media because he has no facts to support his illegal war against Iran. So he whines about the press asking legitimate questions:"They [the media] want Trump to fail. But you, the American people, know better."Ummm, OK.<\/p>\n

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-03-19T17:42:28.346Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n