Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a message to Iran on Wednesday night, warning the country that it will pay consequences for its "LETHAL" support of the Houthis terrorist organization.
"We see your LETHAL support to The Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing," Hegseth said in a post on X. "You know very well what the U.S. Military is capable of — and you were warned. You will pay the CONSEQUENCE at the time and place of our choosing."
Hegseth's post warning of military force is unusual for a defense secretary to make, especially so explicitly, though it appears to be in response to an incident earlier this week in the Red Sea that caused a U.S. fighter jet to fall off an aircraft carrier.
