‘What a Disgrace!’: Hegseth Rushes In to Clean Up Trump’s PR Disaster — Then Spins a Story So Outrageous It's Ripped Apart in Real Time and Makes the Whole Thing Worse

‘What a Disgrace!’: Hegseth Rushes In to Clean Up Trump’s PR Disaster — Then Spins a Story So Outrageous It's Ripped Apart in Real Time and Makes the Whole Thing Worse

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are now fighting a public relations battle alongside the war itself, pushing a version of events meant to project control and success even as it keeps falling apart under scrutiny. Thirteen American service members are dead, the region is growing more unstable by the day and the administration is still searching for a version of events that holds together long enough to justify what comes…