Political Quotes

Pete Hegseth

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U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration; Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host.

Quotes by year · 2009–2026549 total · peak 2025 (292)
2009: 1 quote2014: 11 quotes2016: 1 quote2024: 14 quotes2025: 292 quotes2026: 230 quotes
Jun 14, 2026

This is not a- the JCPOA was a path to a bomb, what this deal will be, will be a wall to a bomb, and that was the objective from the beginning, very clear from the beginning.

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Jun 14, 2026

If Iran does not want to comply, then they can deal with the War Department again, which we'd rather not have to do.

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Jun 14, 2026

Nobody makes better and more munitions than the United States of America, and we are open to co-production wherever we can.

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Jun 14, 2026

Yes, they should. It's called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, ACCC, and we're forming it with partner governments all around Central and South America.

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Jun 14, 2026

President Trump had the foresight to seize Maduro, change the relationship.

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Jun 14, 2026

It's called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, A3C, and we're forming it with partner governments all around Central and South America to go after, defeat, and destroy foreign terrorist organizations, drug cartels.

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Jun 14, 2026

The entirety of the might of the U.S. War Department is prepared to ensure Iran never has a nuclear weapon.

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Jun 14, 2026

It's been military pressure and strength from President Trump that's compelled Iran to this deal, which will be performance-based when it's signed.

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Jun 14, 2026

The blockade has been a devastating success for us and impact on the Iranians.

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Jun 14, 2026

Well, what- Margaret, what I would say the president's been most clear about is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never. Full stop.

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Jun 13, 2026

The move demonstrates the Trump Administration's earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.

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Jun 11, 2026

If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it.

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