Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine were “disappointed” by the idea of a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire with Iran, President Trump said Tuesday.
Hegseth and Caine were “the only two people that were quite disappointed” the U.S.-Israeli war against Tehran may soon come to an end, Trump said in the Oval Office following the swearing in of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
“I think this thing’s going to be settled very soon and they go, ‘Oh, that’s too bad.’ Pete didn’t want it to be settled,” Trump said.
“They were not interested in settlement. They were interested in just winning this thing,” he added.
Trump has repeatedly given contrasting signals as to the potential length and scope of the war, which is now in its fourth week. At one moment he suggested talks are taking place that could have the conflict quickly coming to an end, while suggesting at another that new attacks could take place on Tehran’s energy infrastructure should negotiations fall through.