‘Tag, You’re It’: Lawmaker Takes Aim at Iran Response

‘Tag, You’re It’: Lawmaker Takes Aim at Iran Response A lawmaker pressed Pete Hegseth on the US response to Iran, asking whether the administration could really call the situation a win if Iran had moved to close the Strait of Hormuz. Hegseth didn’t hesitate. “Absolutely,” he said, before arguing that the US had answered Iran’s move by blocking access in and out of Iranian ports. In his words, America had “blockaded their blockade.” That explanation did not land quietly. The lawmaker fired back by comparing it to a playground game of “tag, you’re it,” suggesting that one escalation followed by another does not automatically make the US strategy a victory. #PeteHegseth #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #IranWar #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #CongressHearing #MiddleEastNews #DefenseNews #PoliticalDebate #WashingtonDC