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BumRushDaShow

(170,086 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:07 AM 1 hr ago

Hegseth, Caine to hold briefing Wednesday after Trump touts Iran ceasefire

Source: The Hill

04/07/26 10:13 PM ET


Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will brief the press at the Pentagon on Wednesday at 8 a.m. EDT, after President Trump announced a two-week pause on strikes against Iran.

The Pentagon previously canceled a briefing featuring Hegseth and Caine set for 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday. That was scheduled 12 hours before Trump’s 8 p.m. EDT deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

On Tuesday morning, the president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” referring to Iran.

“I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump added. “However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? “We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5820978-pentagon-briefing-trump-iran/

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Hegseth, Caine to hold briefing Wednesday after Trump touts Iran ceasefire (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago OP
I do believe Hegseth might orgasm on camera Prairie Gates 1 hr ago #1
It's SNL on Wednesday morning and Hogsbreath is LOL funny. mobeau69 1 hr ago #2
What! No Trump?! What the fuck. Ray Bruns 1 hr ago #3
Since when are the troops called "war fighters"? Spazito 1 hr ago #4
Here's an article from 2015 GCG 27 min ago #7
Thanks for that info... Spazito 23 min ago #8
it will be an insane "briefing". it will be a barking mad sausage fest of Javaman 1 hr ago #5
We Won! twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #6

Ray Bruns

(6,396 posts)
3. What! No Trump?! What the fuck.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:28 AM
1 hr ago

You think he had a breakdown like Stalin did in June 1941 when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union?

Spazito

(55,598 posts)
4. Since when are the troops called "war fighters"?
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:28 AM
1 hr ago

Caine just used that term in the press conference. That sounds like a 'trumpism' to me.

GCG

(95 posts)
7. Here's an article from 2015
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:04 AM
27 min ago
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/warfighter-wrong-way-define-american-service-member/

“Warfighter” is the rhetorical equivalent of a “Support the troops” bumper sticker or an American flag lapel pin. It reduces the complexity and ambiguity of modern national security, dragging it back to an imagined era of good wars, bad guys, and clear-cut victory. It’s hard not to hear the phrase and picture a G.I Joe lookalike waving an American flag.


And in my opinion, Caine is a back stabbing rat fucker!



Spazito

(55,598 posts)
8. Thanks for that info...
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:09 AM
23 min ago

and I couldn't agree with you more re your very accurate description of Caine.

Javaman

(65,796 posts)
5. it will be an insane "briefing". it will be a barking mad sausage fest of
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:28 AM
1 hr ago

overly puffed up man-babies trying to paper over the fact that they completely fucked up and bent to Iran's demands.

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