Shapiro erupts at Hegseth's Iran war command: 'He's like an eight-year-old playing with toy soldiers'
What's the administration thinking here?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro blistered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s command of the Iran War as if he's "playing with toy soldiers" and condemned the way the Pentagon and White House are describing the military operation to the public.
Shapiro, who is running for reelection but is also seen as a 2028 Democratic presidential possibility, made the remarks on former Obama aide Jon Lovett’s podcast where he also said China is monitoring the Trump administration’s "weakness" as they carry out the Iran operation alongside Israel.
The Democrat said he is troubled with Hegseth’s management of the Department of War’s effort, noting that Pennsylvanians are part of the contingent involved in the Iran offensive.
"I also have a problem with the fact that the guy who is supposed to be in charge of this, Pete Hegseth, is wildly incompetent," Shapiro said.
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"He's like an eight-year-old playing with toy soldiers every day. His language is so f---ing offensive."
Shapiro said the administration talks about the operation in a way that is disrespectful of the "humanity in the region" and of the American soldiers involved, which he added includes Pennsylvanians.
He said Congress had its chance to check Trump and Hegseth’s power but instead decided to be "wildly weak and pathetic souls" who gave away authority.
"You absolutely cannot trust Donald Trump to wage this war," Shapiro said, adding that the administration’s messaging did not settle on a singular reason for attacking Iran.
"First he told us it was to go after their nuclear arsenal … then he said we went to war because if we didn’t, Israel was going to strike first [and] Israel forced our hand … then it was regime change, and now we're left with the son [of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] who seemingly could be more dangerous than the father."
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Shapiro said the Iranian regime is, however, everything that critics say it is, and that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a "bad guy" who oversaw the largest export of terrorism worldwide while chanting "Death To America" for decades.
"These are bad people — it shouldn’t be hard to say that."
But Shapiro said Trump "never once looked the American people in the eye, sitting in the Oval Office — where he should’ve been, not his swim club in Florida — and said to the American people ‘This is why we have to do this, this is the imminent threat’ — of which we've learned there is …
What's the administration thinking here?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro blistered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s command of the Iran War as if he's "playing with toy soldiers" and condemned the way the Pentagon and White House are describing the military operation to the public.
Shapiro, who is running for reelection but is also seen as a 2028 Democratic presidential possibility, made the remarks on former Obama aide Jon Lovett’s podcast where he also said China is monitoring the Trump administration’s "weakness" as they carry out the Iran operation alongside Israel.
The Democrat said he is troubled with Hegseth’s management of the Department of War’s effort, noting that Pennsylvanians are part of the contingent involved in the Iran offensive.
"I also have a problem with the fact that the guy who is supposed to be in charge of this, Pete Hegseth, is wildly incompetent," Shapiro said.
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"He's like an eight-year-old playing with toy soldiers every day. His language is so f---ing offensive."
Shapiro said the administration talks about the operation in a way that is disrespectful of the "humanity in the region" and of the American soldiers involved, which he added includes Pennsylvanians.
He said Congress had its chance to check Trump and Hegseth’s power but instead decided to be "wildly weak and pathetic souls" who gave away authority.
"You absolutely cannot trust Donald Trump to wage this war," Shapiro said, adding that the administration’s messaging did not settle on a singular reason for attacking Iran.
"First he told us it was to go after their nuclear arsenal … then he said we went to war because if we didn’t, Israel was going to strike first [and] Israel forced our hand … then it was regime change, and now we're left with the son [of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] who seemingly could be more dangerous than the father."
DEMOCRATS BUCK PARTY LEADERS TO DEFEND TRUMP'S 'DECISIVE ACTION' ON IRAN
FEATURED IMAGE:
Shapiro said the Iranian regime is, however, everything that critics say it is, and that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a "bad guy" who oversaw the largest export of terrorism worldwide while chanting "Death To America" for decades.
"These are bad people — it shouldn’t be hard to say that."
But Shapiro said Trump "never once looked the American people in the eye, sitting in the Oval Office — where he should’ve been, not his swim club in Florida — and said to the American people ‘This is why we have to do this, this is the imminent threat’ — of which we've learned there is …
Shapiro erupts at Hegseth's Iran war command: 'He's like an eight-year-old playing with toy soldiers'
What's the administration thinking here?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro blistered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s command of the Iran War as if he's "playing with toy soldiers" and condemned the way the Pentagon and White House are describing the military operation to the public.
Shapiro, who is running for reelection but is also seen as a 2028 Democratic presidential possibility, made the remarks on former Obama aide Jon Lovett’s podcast where he also said China is monitoring the Trump administration’s "weakness" as they carry out the Iran operation alongside Israel.
The Democrat said he is troubled with Hegseth’s management of the Department of War’s effort, noting that Pennsylvanians are part of the contingent involved in the Iran offensive.
"I also have a problem with the fact that the guy who is supposed to be in charge of this, Pete Hegseth, is wildly incompetent," Shapiro said.
HEGSETH WARNS RUSSIA AS SIGNS POINT TO MOSCOW SHARING INTEL WITH IRAN
"He's like an eight-year-old playing with toy soldiers every day. His language is so f---ing offensive."
Shapiro said the administration talks about the operation in a way that is disrespectful of the "humanity in the region" and of the American soldiers involved, which he added includes Pennsylvanians.
He said Congress had its chance to check Trump and Hegseth’s power but instead decided to be "wildly weak and pathetic souls" who gave away authority.
"You absolutely cannot trust Donald Trump to wage this war," Shapiro said, adding that the administration’s messaging did not settle on a singular reason for attacking Iran.
"First he told us it was to go after their nuclear arsenal … then he said we went to war because if we didn’t, Israel was going to strike first [and] Israel forced our hand … then it was regime change, and now we're left with the son [of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] who seemingly could be more dangerous than the father."
DEMOCRATS BUCK PARTY LEADERS TO DEFEND TRUMP'S 'DECISIVE ACTION' ON IRAN
FEATURED IMAGE:
Shapiro said the Iranian regime is, however, everything that critics say it is, and that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a "bad guy" who oversaw the largest export of terrorism worldwide while chanting "Death To America" for decades.
"These are bad people — it shouldn’t be hard to say that."
But Shapiro said Trump "never once looked the American people in the eye, sitting in the Oval Office — where he should’ve been, not his swim club in Florida — and said to the American people ‘This is why we have to do this, this is the imminent threat’ — of which we've learned there is …
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