Trump is 'hell-bent and determined' on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons: Hegseth

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Iran that US President Donald Trump remains determined to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons, cautioning that Tehran must choose between relinquishing its nuclear ambitions and facing further American action. “President Trump is hell-bent and determined to ensure that they do not. They will not. If they want to blink and think that he doesn’t mean it, it would be to their detriment,” Hegseth said.