JACOBS: Is there a reason we should not be taking our leader at his word? HEGSETH: Iran should not underestimate the will of President Trump JACOBS: How do I explain to my constituents that while they're in harm's way, their commander in chief is posting these unhinged posts? HEGSETH: Joe Biden..

🚨 Hegseth refuses to explain Trump's post depicting himself as Jesus Jacobs: How do I explain this post to my constituents? *displays placard with Trump's post depicting himself as Jesus* Hegseth: I'm not here to explain posts. We have an incredible commander in chief.

🚨 Rep. Jason Crow presses Pete Hegseth on his special adviser Crow: Does Mr. Parlatore represent foreign governments or persons in his private law practice? Hegseth: I don't know Crow: You don't know? Somebody who is sitting in your meetings as a special adviser — you don't know? Hegseth: ...

ADAM SMITH: A year ago, you and Trump said Ukraine had 'no cards' to play. Clearly that was wrong. What did you miss? HEGSETH: Joe Biden .... SMITH: So you're not gonna answer the question

KHANNA: Do you know how much it will cost Americans in terms of the increased cost of gas and food because of the Iran war? HEGSETH: You're playing gotcha about domestic things KHANNA: You're saying it's a gotcha question to ask about increased costs?! It's $5,000 a year for American households

Hegseth running into trouble early in today’s hearing Hegseth: Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated. Smith: You said we had to start this war because the nuclear weapon was an imminent threat. Now you’re saying it was completely obliterated?

Congressman Seth Mouton just made Pete Hegseth look like the moron he is: Congressman Mouton: Mr. Hegseth, do you call Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz ‘winning?’ Pete Hegesth: I would say the blockade that we hold that doesn’t allow anything to come in or out of Iranian ports... Mouton: “OK...

MOULTON: Did you consider the risk of Iran closing the strait? HEGSETH: Of course MOULTON: So then why did you send the only minesweepers we had in the Gulf to Singapore weeks before the war started?