Donald Trump on Monday said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the “first” of his “great people” to push for an attack on Iran, igniting debate as to whether the president was setting him up as a scapegoat or complimenting him.
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“I called a lot of our great people,” Trump said. “We have great people, and I said, ‘Let’s talk. We got a problem in the Middle East. We have a country known as Iran that, for 47 years, has been just a purveyor of terror, and they’re very close to having a nuclear weapon.’”
Trump said he suggested “a little journey in the Middle East and eliminate a big problem.”
He then turned to his defense secretary: “And Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up. And you said, ‘Let’s do it, because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.’ ”
