The Damage Report
@thedamagereport·1.3M subscribers·34.1K videos
MAGA Left STUNNED In Humiliating Hegseth Surprise Over Pentagon Blackout
Posted
June 23, 2025
Views
60,701
Likes
3,218
Comments
272
Engagement
June 23, 2025
60,701
3,218
272
5.75%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
4:57Now PlayingMAGA supporters accidentally reveal how surprised they are that Donald Trump's Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, managed to do the bare minimum of his job and not leak any critical war plans in Trump targeting sites in Iran. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
Read more here:
Hegseth struggles with meaning of ‘deterrence’ and ‘openended’ after strikes on Iran
"The morning after Donald Trump delivered a national address on the U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear targets, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a rare Pentagon press conference in which he talked at some length about how impressed he was with the president. He also, however, managed to weave in some comments about the mission.
“Many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iran’s nuclear program, and none could, until President Trump,” Hegseth declared. “The operation President Trump planned was bold and it was brilliant, showing the world that American deterrence is back.”
But that’s not quite what “deterrence” means. In a national security context, the whole point of deterrence is to instill fear of consequences. When the U.S. is deterring foreign foes, it’s generally the result of the fear of a possible military offensive."
**
Be part of the Dragon Squad as a YouTube channel member
Follow The Damage Report on Facebook
Help build the Home of the Progressives
Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel
Follow The Damage Report on TikTok
Follow The Damage Report on Instagram
Follow The Damage Report on Twitter
#TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
250623__DR02Hegseth
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
