US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (2nd L), flanked by President Donald Trump (L), Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (2nd R) and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin (R), speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R) speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gestures as he speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: (L-R) U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin listen as U.S. Vice President JD Vance (back to camera) speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) speaks as U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth looks on during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)