Pete Hegseth

And we do that.

But even as a senator, I would say that the War Powers Act is 100% unconstitutional.

And look,

This president under President Trump, the United States will help our friends.

We're going to stand up to rogue regimes like the one in Tehran.

And we're going to be unashamed to use our power and our abilities to project military power in the service of our national interest above all else.

Now, what's really important for you to report and for everyone to understand is this is not an offensive operation.

This is a defensive operation.

And what that means is very simple.

There's no shooting unless we're shot at first.

Okay, we're not attacking them, but if they are attacking us, so they're attacking a ship, you need to respond to that.

You're not gonna let some fast boat come up on a ship and shoot it up.

We're gonna respond to it, and we've been successful at it.

I don't know what the exact number is, but I know a number of those fast boats have now been targeted and will continue to be if they pose a threat to our forces.

We'll shoot down drones, we'll shoot down missiles, but it's defensive in nature.

This is defensive.

So if you hear stories about attacks and launching of firing back and forth, it's not back and forth.

We are only responding if attacked first.

This is a defensive operation.

And that's what's occurring here.