Today, Pete Hegseth: "The United States of America controls the Strait of Hormuz"

[riversedge]

‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 44m
Hegseth: "The United States of America controls the Strait of Hormuz"

Hegseth: "The United States of America controls the Strait of Hormuz"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-10T20:50:48.692Z

at least C-SPAN doesn't call him Secretary of War

— Phil Yabut (@philliefan99.bsky.social) 2026-06-10T20:51:41.369Z

Iran: “the fuck you do”

— (@joshuak08.bsky.social) 2026-06-10T20:54:13.881Z

[Ocelot II]

1. Sure it does, Pete.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Hegseth is an IDIOT

Iran also controls the Strait of Hormuz

[City Lights]

3. Sure, Jan.

[riversedge]

4. Strait Status: CLOSED Since February 27, 2026 · 102 days ago Duration of CLOSURE 102 DAYS......

https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/


Updated Jun 10, 2026, 09:40 PM UTC


Strait Status



CLOSED
Since February 27, 2026 · 102 days ago
Duration of CLOSURE
102
DAYS
:
21
HOURS
:
50
MINUTES
Since February 27, 2026

[riversedge]

5. Hegseth: "These Gitmo detainees should have been executed in my mind personally a long time ago"

Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 59m
Hegseth: "These Gitmo detainees should have been executed in my mind personally a long time ago"

Hegseth: "These Gitmo detainees should have been executed in my mind personally a long time ago"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-10T20:57:02.856Z

[wcmagumba]

6. Uh, no we don't Kegseth...

[riversedge]

7. moments after confirmed the US is indeed going to bomb Iran tonight, Hegseth claims "we're not in the business of reveal

Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 1h
moments after confirmed the US is indeed going to bomb Iran tonight, Hegseth claims "we're not in the business of revealing what we're gonna do or not gonna do"

moments after confirmed the US is indeed going to bomb Iran tonight, Hegseth claims "we're not in the business of revealing what we're gonna do or not gonna do"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-10T20:52:58.332Z

[riversedge]

9. Hegseth: "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it. Nobody better in th

‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 1h
Hegseth: "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it. Nobody better in the world."

Hegseth: "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it. Nobody better in the world."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-10T20:54:34.575Z

[Prairie Gates]

8. They're just going to try to talk the thing into existence

Needless to say, the trolls are around the internet parroting the same nonsense.

[riversedge]

10. HEGSETH: That's precisely the kind of disingenuous question I'm used to from the media -- impugning the motives of the f

Aaron Rupar
‪@atrupar.com‬
REPORTER: If the response is hitting bridges and electrical infrastructure, how is that not a war crime?

HEGSETH: That's precisely the kind of disingenuous question I'm used to from the media -- impugning the motives of the folks on our side

REPORTER: If the response is hitting bridges and electrical infrastructure, how is that not a war crime?

HEGSETH: That's precisely the kind of disingenuous question I'm used to from the media -- impugning the motives of the folks on our side

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-10T20:52:25.316Z

[louis-t]

11. "impugning the motives of the war criminals on our side."

There, I fixed it.