US President Donald Trump defended US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, saying that he can be defined as "guilty" because he contributed to the resolution of two wars, and that during the second war the United States canceled what he described as its "strategic capabilities", considering that it may have contributed to the salvation of Israel and the entire Middle East region.
Trump added: "I believe we saved the Middle East and Israel together," and noted that it is difficult to call for the impeachment of someone who "achieved this achievement."
Trump cited the wars the United States has fought in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam and others, before claiming that his country had "eliminated the nuclear threat."
He continued: "Think about what would have happened in the Middle East if they had these capabilities; Israel would not exist today, and the Middle East would not exist as we know it."