Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received an opportunity to put arguably the most despicable Pentagon reporter in her place today, and it was a sight to behold.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Hegseth delivered a masterclass performance during a Pentagon press conference on Thursday, in which he tore into their slanderous coverage of U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Reporters immediately sought to play down the significance of the strikes and accused the Trump administration of exaggerating the accomplishment.
Even more absurdly, the top takeaways some reporters, including leftist Fox News Jennifer Griffin, was Hegseth supposedly disrespecting females by saying, “Our boys on those bombers.”
After the briefing, Griffin posted, “Defense Secretary Hegseth: ‘We were able to destroy nuclear capabilities. And OUR BOYS in those bombers are on their way home right now.” Fox News has learned that at least one of the B-2 pilots who took part in the Iran mission was female.”
“Do you have certainty that all the highly enriched uranium was inside the Fordow mountain?” she inquired. “There were satellite photos that showed more than a dozen trucks more than two days in advance. Are you certain that none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?”
“Of course, we’re watching every single aspect,” Hegseth replied. “But Jennifer, you’ve been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the president says.”
To think these two were once colleagues.
WATCH:
HOLY CRAP! Pete Hegseth just decimated FOX NEWS reporter Jennifer Griffin, calling her “ABOUT THE WORST” in terms of misrepresenting information on the strikes.
His own prior network. Hegseth plays no favorites!
GRIFFIN: “Do you have certainty all the highly enriched uranium… pic.twitter.com/Vk7VEaeC46
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 26, 2025
A shaken Griffin promptly took issue with Hegseth’s comment and started trying to justify her so-called reporting during the raid. Hegseth, though, did not back down.
Instead, he closed the exchange with a blunt and quick-witted response when she tried to interrupt him again.
“I appreciate you acknowledging the most successful mission based on operational security that this department has done since you’ve been here,” he quipped.
Trump later responded to Griffin’s silly question on Truth Social as well.
“The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts. Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!” Trump wrote.
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