'Oh come on!' Morning Joe cracks up as guest tries to defend 'macho' Pete Hegseth
MS NOW's Joe Scarborough was incredulous as one of his guests offered to defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's handling of the Iran war.
The "Morning Joe" host mocked Hegseth for boasting "we negotiate with bombs" during an Oval Office event with President Donald Trump, and Scarborough said he doesn't understand what the 79-year-old commander in chief sees in his Pentagon chief.
"Oh, come on!" Scarborough exclaimed. "I don't see it."
"Okay," added co-host Mika Brzezinski. "Let's go – come on. I want to hear this."
Goldberg also broke into laughter along with the other panelists on the set, but he composed himself to begin his promised defense.
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