WP: Hegseth Is Lying To Trump About War With Iran

• 7.04.2026, 21:14

Pentagon officials are concerned about the situation.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is giving President Donald Trump misleading information about the war with Iran, The Washington Post reported, citing sources.

"Pete is telling the president untruths. As a result, the president is spreading misleading information," the source told the publication.

Pentagon officials are concerned about the situation, and primarily not the minister's statements about the US superiority in Iran's skies, but his words about the successful destruction of Iranian missiles and drones. In March, Hegseth said at a briefing that Iran's weapons were "overwhelmingly destroyed."

U.S. intelligence has concluded that more than half of Iran's missile systems are still intact, and thousands of attack drones remain in the arsenal.

The Pentagon called the WP publication "lies and propaganda"