US President Donald Trump today praised his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, after failing in Congress an attempt to remove him, and said he wanted “a total victory” in the war against Iran.
© Lusa
11/11/2026
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O American President Donald Trump today praised his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, after failing in Congress an attempt to remove him, and said he wanted “a total victory” in the war against Iran.
Trump issued these statements at a ceremony held at the Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington to mark Veterans' Day.
When assistance overtook Hegseth, the President said: “I had a feeling this would happen. He's been doing a fantastic job. He worships you and protects you.”.
On Tuesday, the Republican majority in Congress barred a proposal to subject Hegseth to an impeachment process, after being accused by Congressman Thomas Massie – a critical Trump Republican – of conducting an illegal war against Iran, among other issues.
In his speech, Trump expressed special thanks to the military and veterans who “work to ensure that the world’s leading sponsor of state terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran, will never possess a nuclear weapon.”.
“ We won. The question is when we'll be done. I want to ensure that we have a total victory, not a 93% victory,” he said, regarding the war that the United States and Israel started against Iran on 28 February, which justified with the inflexibility of the Islamic Republic in negotiations to put an end to the enrichment of uranium under its nuclear programme, which has always claimed to be intended for civil purposes only.
In retaliation for the offensive, Iran shut down the Strait of Ormuz, rocking the world economy, and launched attacks on targets in Israel, US bases and civil infrastructure in countries in the region such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, and Iraq, as well as bombing and sinking several oil tankers that tried to bypass the blockade of that road through which 20% of the world's crudes passed.
“We will not allow anyone to harm or harm our country with evil, foolish and horrible ideologies. We won't allow it. And everyone knows what I mean,” Trump said.
The unpopularity of the war against Iran and the rise in fuel prices explain Trump's harsh defeat at the mid-term elections on November 3, in which the Democrats removed the Republicans from control of the two chambers of Congress.
Although the attempt to submit Hegseth to a process of dismissal failed on Tuesday, the new Democratic majority promises to resume investigations next January, when taking office the Congress elected in the polls.