Pentagon Pete Goes to War With MAGA Over U.S. Troops Build-Up

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has hit out at Donald Trump’s MAGA base over concerns that U.S. ground troops could be deployed in Iran as the war escalates.

As gas prices soared past $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, Hegseth declined to rule out boots on the ground in the Middle East while the administration searches for an off-ramp from the messy conflict.

Members of the media raise hands to ask questions during a briefing held by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (not pictured), amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY / Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS

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