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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared victory Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran reached a 2-week ceasefire, praising Donald Trump as a "president of peace" who "chose mercy" in agreeing to the ceasefire.

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00:02Yesterday in the president's truth social he threatened to wipe out a
00:06civilization. That statement elicited a huge response in America. If Iran did not
00:12come to the table and make a deal yesterday by the deadline, was the
00:16president really prepared to wipe out Iran entirely? Like I said we had a
00:20target set locked and loaded of infrastructure, bridges, power plants.
00:25Remember this is a terror regime. The military regime used all of these things
00:30for dual use to fund their military, to fund their their terror campaigns. We had
00:33a lot of legitimate targets. They knew exactly the scope of what we were
00:36capable of. Iran ultimately understood their ability, their future to produce,
00:41to generate power, to fuel their terrorist regime was in our hands. It was in
00:47President Trump's hands. That's why they came to the table. President Trump had the
00:51power to cripple Iran's entire economy in minutes. But he chose mercy. So he did
01:00make that choice. That was his choice. He was a president of peace and he's been
01:04willing to make those really tough calls that the American people elected him to
01:07do.
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