Pete Hegseth on Thursday Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth again raged over media coverage of the war in Iran, this time claiming that news outlets are reporting negative news because "the want President Trump to fail." Hegseth's Pentagon briefing marked only the latest in which he has critiqued press coverage, something that has been spoofed on Saturday Night Live, yet also has drawn threats from Trump's FCC chairman, Brendan Carr.