Nobody makes better and more munitions than the United States of America, and we are open to co-production wherever we can.
Pete Hegseth
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration; Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host.
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.
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.
If Iran wants this to hold, they need to – they need to pull back Hezbollah, no doubt.
we can snap that blockade back at any point, and they can't do anything about it, and Iran knows that.
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.
If Iran does not want to comply, then they can deal with the War Department again, which we'd rather not have to do.
It's an incredible reinforcement of the Monroe Doctrine, now the Donroe Doctrine. We're taking back control of our hemisphere.
Ultimately, we've worked with them, and Ukraine is buying munitions that Europe pays for, and it's great to see Europe finally step up and pay for those.
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.
this deal, as we talk about aspects of the deal, some of which have come up publicly, are totally wrong. It is- it's performance-based.