Pete Hegseth

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9,898 appearances 493 recordings 72 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 5d ago

Pete Hegseth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Part Of The Problem · We Have A Deal · 16 Jun 2026 podcast

Obama, they begged Iran for a deal and we bombed Iran and then put in a blockade and then ran ships through and then have restarted when necessary to ensure that they matched

come to the table for a great deal. matched

So our military posture will be whatever it needs to be to ensure they're compelled over this 60 days through the memorandum of understanding that they live up to what they said they would do. matched

The document says Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, won't seek one, won't buy one, won't have one. matched

And in 60 days, there'll be negotiations to make that final. matched

But they didn't have the threat of military force the way that we do, that Iran respects in a very way that their regime is more devastated than it's ever been in its 47 years. matched

And that's why they're at the table. matched

The huge difference is we did this from a position of strength. matched

President Trump led with military might. matched

That military might will stay as long as necessary. matched

You know, if the blockade comes off, then you pull back and you allow shipping to flow, just like Iran needs to allow shipping to go through the straits. matched

But we can snap that blockade back at any point and they can't do anything about it. matched

And Iran knows that. matched

And that's why we have the leverage in these talks. matched

And we hope they'll go well. matched

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The MeidasTouch Podcast · Obama Breaks His Silence and Challenges Trump's Iran Deal · 15 Jun 2026 podcast

Immediately is what the president has said, and that will be our expectation of the Iranians.

So tomorrow you'll end the blockade if they sign it today?

when it, again, it's performance-based, Margaret.

So we're not gonna, unlike Obama, President Trump is smart about these things.

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