Hegseth says Trump got ‘last laugh’ as US kills Iranian leader of Trump assassination plot

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had gotten the “last laugh” after the U.S. military killed an Iranian official who led an effort to assassinate him.

Hegseth used unusually colorful language to describe the four-day-old war on Iran and invoked Trump’s name repeatedly as he said the Pentagon could sustain activity as long as necessary.

“They are toast and they know it. Or at least soon enough they will know it,” Hegseth said of Iranian leaders.