Secretary of War Pete Hegseth never expected to face this kind of backlash over standing up for President Trump.

But Hegseth is under fire from all directions.

And Pete Hegseth faced a shocking attack from a close ally no one saw coming.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ripped the press for their coverage of the Iran War, which amounted to rooting for Iran to win to make President Trump look bad.

During a press conference, Hegseth compared the press to the Pharisees of the Bible, who were constantly looking to undermine Jesus.

“The Pharisees came to watch. And as the scripture reads, they came to see whether he, Jesus, would heal him, or he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

You see, the Pharisees, the so-called and self-appointed elites of their time, were there to witness, to write everything down, to report.

But their hearts were hardened. Even though they witnessed a literal miracle, it didn’t matter; they were only there to explain away the goodness in pursuit of their agenda.

As the passage ends, the Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel against him on how to destroy him.

I sat there in church, and I thought, our press is just like these Pharisees. Not all of you, not all of, but the legacy Trump-hating press,” Hegseth stated.

Hegseth comments, invoking the Bible and comparing the attacks on Trump from the press to how the Pharisees sought to trap Jesus and accuse him, came at a time when President Trump is feuding with Pope Leo over Leo’s opposition to the war in Iran and his declaration that God didn’t bless this conflict and wouldn’t answer the prayers of world leaders who started the war.

These episodes led to questions about the mixing of faith and matters of war and peace.

CNN’s Scott Jennings told host Kaitlan Collins that some Christians and Catholics oppose the war, but that President Trump’s charge was acting in the best interest of the nation.

“So, there’s a broad spectrum of political views among people who are practicing Christians and practicing Catholics. There’s nothing unusual about that. But ultimately, you looked at the President of the United States to act in the best interest of the nation. And sometimes, they pray to God for support and help with military battles,” Jennings added.

When Collins asked Jennings about Hegseth’s comments, Jennings said that while he agreed with Hegseth that the liberal media were rooting for America to lose the war to Iran to embarrass Trump, he thought it was “over the top” to compare the press’s treatment of Trump to how the Pharisees tried to undermine Jesus.

“Yes, look, my personal advice and view is, it’s over the top. It’s unnecessary. I tend to agree with him that there are a lot of people in the press and on the American Left who appear to be rooting for bad outcomes. I don’t disagree with him. He doesn’t need to cast it in these terms; in my view, he doesn’t need to be over the top about it,” Jennings concluded.

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