War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday U.S. forces remain on alert and are prepared to act, underscoring how President Donald Trump’s decision to delay a strike on Iran has not affected military readiness.
“Fact,” Hegseth said in a post on X alongside a video of the president.
“The @DeptofWar was ready to go — and remains ready — at levels not seen since World War II,” he added before stating that the military was “locked and loaded.”
His comments came after the president told reporters that a planned strike on Iran, “would be the biggest attack since World War II,” Trump had said while returning from Bedminster, New Jersey.
Trump was also asked whether Tehran faced a deadline to reach an agreement.
“No. We’ll just see — we’ll just see how it is,” he said. “We’re ready to go anytime we want,” he declared.
Fox News’ Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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