MS NOW hosts pounce on 'hysterical' Hegseth and 'where his mind is' after angry tirade
Two hosts on MS NOW called out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately after he fled the stage following a Pentagon press conference that “Morning Joe” host Jonathan Lemire called “hysterical."
With the manic Hegseth repeatedly bashing the press, singling out CNN in particular, and dictating headlines he feels that should use to describe the unpopular war in Iran, Lemire and co-host Willie Geist both suggested that Donald Trump’s Pentagon head is feeling the pressure of a war gone wrong.
”Secretary Hegseth, and let's be clear, [that] was a pretty hysterical performance, really angry,” Lemire bluntly stated, “It seemed, throughout much of that briefing, said of the Strait of Hormuz, quote, ‘We don't need to worry about it.’ But yet the rest of the administration is deeply worried about it. That's why we're seeing things like sanctions being lifted on Russia, because oil prices are so high, and they are concerned about the ability to safely send ships to and from through that strait.”
“And really, we should just take a moment to note, as you just said, the media criticism here from Secretary Hegseth,” he said to Geist, “It took about three seconds to levy his first shot at the media. He suggested that CNN would be better once David Ellison takes charge of it; hat's the merger that's currently being considered. And just in striking contrast to what we have come to expect from Pentagon briefings in previous administrations.”
Co-host Geist pointed out, “He first complained about the media and started to rewrite cable news banners suggesting what they should say versus what they have said based on reporting, and then later got to the acknowledgment of the death of those four service members.”
“Sort of tells you the whole story about where his mind is –– deeply worried about the way the war is being perceived, the way he's being talked about,” he elaborated. “Perhaps that seemed to be throughout the briefing front and center to him.”
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