U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth berated his former Fox News colleague Jennifer Griffin after she asked about the effectiveness of the Trump administration's recent strikes on Iran.
Hegseth held a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday alongside Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to address U.S. airstrikes carried out over the weekend. The strikes targeted three nuclear facilities in Iran and were followed by a retaliatory missile attack on the U.S.' Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Griffin asked whether the administration had "certainty that all of the highly enriched uranium" was inside the mountain and had not been moved before it was bombed, noting that satellite images showed more than a dozen trucks on the site two days prior.
"Of course we're watching every single aspect," Hegseth responded in a clip shared on X by journalist Aaron Rupar, "But, Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally. What the president says..." he continued, before being interrupted by Griffin.
"I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission with great accuracy, so I take issue with that," Griffin retorted at her former colleague.
FOX NEWS'S JENNIFER GRIFFIN: Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2025
HEGSETH: Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally.
GRIFFIN: I take issue with that pic.twitter.com/YNi30aMnrb
"I appreciate you acknowledging that this was the first operative, the most successful mission based on operational security that this department has done since you've been here. I appreciate that," Hegseth said. He added that the Trump administration is "looking at all aspects of intelligence and making sure we have a sense of what was where."
Conflicting reports have emerged from Iran, Israel and the Trump administration regarding the extent of the damage caused by the 14 bombs dropped during the operation. Iranian officials described the impact as minimal, while U.S. and Israeli sources claimed the strikes "obliterated" the sites and significantly reduced the country's stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
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