The Secretary of War of , , during a briefing on , along with General Dan Cain, claimed – without revealing details of his trip – that he visited the US Central Command (US Central Command) over the weekend and met with soldiers.
During his visit, he said, two missiles were successfully shot down, while he claimed to have spoken with members of the Air Force and Navy, some of whom “had just returned from flights over Iran.”
According to him: “I asked every young American: what do you need? And no one asked for better equipment, no one asked for more comfortable living conditions, no one said “send me home”. Of course, in the end we all want these things, just like them. But what they said to me—young and old, officers and non-commissioned officers, men and women, black and white—was: “Let’s complete the mission. Give us more bombs, bigger bombs, more targets. Let us finish it.”
Regime change in Iran has been accomplished
Among other things, Hegseth stated that “the regime has changed” in Iran and added: “This new regime – the change has already taken place – should be wiser than the previous one. President Trump will make a deal. He is willing, and the terms of the agreement are known to them.”
New ultimatum and threats
However, as he emphasized, in the event that Iran does not accept these conditions, the US military “will continue with even greater intensity.” “The next few days will be decisive. Iran knows this and there is almost nothing they can do militarily,” Hegseth said in his first press briefing in about two weeks.
He added: “We have more and more options, while they have fewer… In just one month we set the conditions. The next few days will be decisive. Iran knows this and there is almost nothing it can do militarily.”
Dealing with bombs and chats
Hegseth also provided insight into the Iran talks: “As far as the talks go, I can tell you that having been with Steve (sr. Witkoff), Jared (sr. Kushner), the vice president (sr. Jay D. Vance), Marco (sr. Rubio) and many others yesterday, they are very serious.
Talks are ongoing. They are active, and I believe they are gaining momentum. And we appreciate that. As I said in my statements, we would clearly prefer to reach an agreement if Iran were willing to surrender its nuclear material and abandon its ambitions for the Straits. That’s the goal.
We don’t want to have to do more militarily than is necessary. But I didn’t say it lightly when I said that, in the meantime, we’ll be negotiating with bombs.”
Warning to Allies
The war minister also referred to Donald Trump’s posts against US allies, asserting, among other things, that: “We will make sure that Iran knows very well that the problem is not only about the United States.
It’s not just us. Therefore, I believe that other countries should also pay attention when the president speaks. He has proven that when he speaks, he means something.
And it highlights, you know, that maybe you should start learning how to fight for yourself. Something some of us have been saying for a while.
It is not enough to have flags. You must have forces in formation ready. It is not enough to have a few ships. You must have enough to influence the situation. These things matter in a dangerous world with rising adversaries.”
As he pointed out, the decisions about NATO will be made by Trump after the end of the war and noted that the NATO countries did not help the USA, but attacked them because they simply asked questions.
