Pete Hegseth

President Trump saw Iran at its weakest moment, took an action to ensure in a way that only the United States of America could do with our Israeli partners.

And yet they still haven't given up the nuclear war.

Was was brought one of the questions we've done.

If I could get to it.

More cross-examination here from Democratic Congress member Adam Smith of Hegsiff, where Smith's like, how are you just so wrong on Ukraine?

Right.

Fourteen months ago, didn't you say that Ukraine was going to be completely conquered by Russia?

So they better make the best deal they could.

Like you're objectively wrong.

don't know what you're talking about.

How do you square that to which Hex is like, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden?

What does Joe Biden have to do with any of it?

It makes no sense.

Here, play this clip.

So on Ukraine, a year plus ago, your advice, the president's advice was Ukraine had no cards to play.

they should go cut the best possible deal they could.

Clearly that was wrong.

What did you miss?

What did you miss about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that you didn't see that Ukraine was going to be capable of doing what they've done in the last 14 months?

What we didn't miss, and we're here in this committee, is that Joe Biden, with no accountability, gave hundreds of billions of dollars of our weapons to Ukraine.