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President Donald Trump said the strikes on Iran helped protect Israel and the Middle East in recent press remarks. He also defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing calls for impeachment over his role in the Iran war.
In recent remarks, Trump said:
"There's a big victory. It lasted less than an hour. It's 48 minutes. Then we have a war in Iran. We blew up their nuclear dust. They're not going to have nuclear weapons. And we saved Israel and the Middle East. If they would have had it, there would be no Israel right now. There would be no Middle East."
According to Trump, the strikes on Iran helped protect Israel and the Middle East by destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Donald Trump defends Pete Hegseth while claiming Iran strikes saved Israel and the Middle East
While the president made these claims about protecting Israel and the Middle East, he also shared a similar post on Truth Social last week, in which he wrote:
"Israel and, in fact, the entire Middle East, WOULD NOT EXIST TODAY if I did not stop Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon. Nobody wants to say that, but everybody knows it’s true!"
Donald Trump also defended Pete Hegseth against calls for his impeachment and removal from office. In his statement, he said:
"And what are we going to do with one of the guys that was most responsible? They want to impeach him. They have to go back."
While defending Hegseth, the president pointed to his role in the US military operations in Iran and Venezuela. He credited him with helping destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities and said the strikes saved Israel and the Middle East. He also questioned why former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was not impeached when he was missing in action for two weeks.
Donald Trump's comments came after Hegseth faced criticism from House Democrats, with Hakeem Jeffries backing a resolution to impeach him over his role in the Iran war. In a reported statement to ABC News, Hakeem Jeffries said:
"I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called secretary of defense has abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe. Pete Hegseth has got to go."
Hegseth uploaded a video on X (formerly Twitter) saying that the impeachment effort was not just about him and accused Democrats of targeting him and the president. He called the impeachment articles politically motivated and said Democrats were using them to attack their political opponents through the statement:
"You see, their policies don't work. So, their obsession with political theatre disguised as power drives them to try to destroy their opponents."
He added:
"It’s all about the politics of personal destruction. Didn't work against President Trump, and it won't work with me. You can rest assured of that."
According to the BBC, Democrats have enough seats in the House to impeach Hegseth but would need Republican support to secure the two-thirds Senate majority required to remove him from office.
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