Pete Hegseth: ‘Those that dropped the bombs precisely in the right place know exactly what happened when that exploded. And you know who else knows? … ‘
By Joe Kovacs
President Donald Trump says the U.S. pilots who bombed three nuclear sites in Iran Saturday are “devastated” by negative news reports in American media minimizing the damage inflicted on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear weapons development.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, Trump said: “I got a call that the pilots and the people on the plane were devastated because they (the media) were trying to minimize the attack. And they all said it was hit.”
“They were devastated. They put their lives on the line and they have … real scum come out and write reports that are as negative as they could possibly be. It should be the opposite. You should make them heroes and heroines.
“There were so devastated when they heard this news. And you know what they said? I spoke to one of them. He said, ‘Sir, we hit the site. It was perfect, it was dead-on!’
“Because they don’t understand fake news because they have a normal life, except they have to fly very big, very fast planes. But it’s a shame. You should be making them heroes.”