💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth:

The three Air Force captains shot down weeks ago by Kuwaiti friendly fire never left the theater.

They all dropped bombs over Tehran last night.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth:

The coming days will be decisive. Iran knows that.

There is almost nothing they can do militarily about it.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

Yes, they will still shoot some missiles — but we will shoot them down.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

If Iran is wise, it will cut a deal. Trump doesn’t bluff, and he does not back down.

The new Iranian regime should understand that by now. Regime change has occurred. This new regime should be wiser than the last.

Trump is willing to make a deal, and the terms are known to them.

If Iran is not willing, then the United States Department of Defense will continue with even greater intensity.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

Our strikes are damaging the morale of the Iranian military, leading to widespread desertions and key personnel shortages.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth:

Our defense industrial base is more vibrant today than it has been since World War II — and it’s growing rapidly.

Contrast that with Iran, whose defense industrial base is nearly completely destroyed.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on the Strait of Hormuz:

I believe Trump was clear this morning in his truth that countries around the world should be prepared to step up on this critical waterway.

It’s not just the United States Navy. The last time I checked, there is a large and capable Royal Navy that could be prepared to contribute as well.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on the Strait of Hormuz:

This is not just our problem going forward, even though we have done the lion’s share of the preparation to ensure that the Strait will remain open.

That is the desired outcome.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

We know exactly what Russia and China are doing... we are addressing it.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

There are some things adversaries are doing to provide info and intel that they shouldn't.

We are aware of it, and we move things around.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

Our adversary thinks there are 15 different ways we can come at them with boots on the ground, and guess what? There are.

We could execute them if we needed to, but maybe we won't have to use them at all.

The point is to be unpredictable.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on NATO:

You don't have much of an alliance if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them.

💬 🇺🇸 Hegseth on Iran:

The talks are very real, they are ongoing, they are active, and they are gaining strength.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

The war criminals in Israel are now openly and unashamedly bombing pharmaceutical companies.

Their intentions are clear.

What they've gotten wrong is that they're not dealing with defenseless Palestinian civilians. Our Powerful Armed Forces will severely punish aggressors.

💨 🇮🇱 Israel bombs a building in Dahiya, Beirut.

😮‍💨 🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russia’s ambassador to Iran said that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is in Iran but has not been appearing in public.

💡 The IRGC states that it will respond to any assassination by targeting a U.S.-linked company.

The statement advises employees to leave these workplaces and calls on nearby residents within a 1 km radius to move to safer areas.

Companies listed include Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Dell, Nvidia, JPMorgan Chase, Tesla, General Electric, Boeing and others.

The statement indicates this would take effect from 8:00 PM Tehran time on April 1.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on The Strait of Hormuz:

I think it’ll automatically open, but my attitude is, I’ve obliterated the country.

They have no strength left, and let the countries that are using the strait, let them go and open it.

- New York Post

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran:

We’re not going to be there too much longer.

We’re obliterating the s–t out of them right now, it’s a total obliteration.

- New York Post

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 The Pentagon is considering deploying an anti-drone laser system at Fort McNair in Washington, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, after reports of drone activity nearby.

- NYT

💬 🇺🇸 Jim Cramer:
How can oil be up and the war be over.. Can't have both...