⚡️⚠️😒 Trump is not a president who plays games. He is not a president who tolerates excessive delays, — Hegseth

📍Other statements from the Pentagon chief:

❗️Trump wants peace, but is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it in a truly historic way.

❗️They hate the president more than they love the country, and so they are willing to use military personnel as pawns, reveal battlefield positions and base locations, undermine the morale of ship crews, spread fabricated stories and publish photographs, citing anonymous sources.

❗️On Iran: They thought they had leverage in the Strait of Hormuz. We took it from them. They no longer have it. We control the Strait of Hormuz.

❗️We are not trying to engage in nation-building in Iran. We are not trying to send large numbers of troops there and control territory.

❗️And I apologize, friends. What Joe Biden did dealt a serious blow to our reputation in Afghanistan. But what President Trump did in Syria and Iraq is bring back with us every single service member, every single vehicle, every single aircraft, and every single piece of equipment from those bases, while ensuring the transfer of detainees to other parties that will continue to hold them.

❗️We are strengthening the alliance structure and developing other partnerships to further complicate matters for potential adversaries and to deter any military action or attempts to change the status quo in the Pacific. So anyone who thinks we're not paying attention to this area is simply not paying attention to what's going on - or is choosing to be distracted by unimportant things.