Psaki brutally mocks Hegseth over 'unflattering' photo he 'really doesn't want you to see'

MS NOW's Jen Psaki kicked off Wednesday's edition of "The Briefing" by taking Trump's Pentagon chief to task for a bizarre anti-press fixation, at a moment when he should have far more important things on his mind.

"I have something to show you," said Psaki. "This something is something that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, really, really does not want you to see. And it's probably not what you're thinking."

"I mean, it's not a top secret war plan that Pete Hegseth accidentally posted in a chat, which there's still been no accountability for," said Psaki. "It's not photos showing top Trump national security officials checking Twitter in the middle of a military operation. Those exist. It's not even this footage of Pete Hegseth ringing in the New Year during his previous life as an anchor for Fox News ... Those things all exist. But it's not, it's not any of those things."

"Now, the thing Pete Hegseth really does not want you to see is this photo, that one right there, the one on your screen, Pete Hegseth at a Pentagon briefing, furrowing his brow as he takes questions about Trump's war of choice in Iran," said Psaki. "And the reason I know that Pete Hegseth doesn't want you to see this photo is because The Washington Post is reporting that the Defense Department has now banned press photographers from the Pentagon briefing room over photos his staff have deemed unflattering."

"Just to take a step back here, which is always necessary when you're talking about Pete Hegseth and really a lot of things in this administration," said Psaki. "The United States is on the 12th day of a war with Iran, and with everything that the Secretary of Defense has on his plate right now, the thing he is focused on is whether or not press photographers are getting his good side. It seems the former Fox News weekend host apparently has very strong feelings about it."

"Now, this would be very weird, extremely self-involved behavior by a Cabinet secretary from a far less important agency than the Department of Defense on a day with far less going on," Psaki added. "But to perhaps state the obvious, there are a lot of other things Pete Hegseth should be worrying about right now, because not only is this war about to enter its third week with no end in sight, but every single day we learn more about what a disastrous job the Trump administration has done in managing everything around this war."

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