Video taking off 5.3x its usual first day

Hawk warns Hegseth his press conference could follow him to court

His fast-starting "Good luck Pete!" Short treats the defense secretary's public defense of military actions as a potential legal liability.

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Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk Story of November 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 185,955 views a day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (34,807).

Good luck Pete!

"Pete Hegseth, because he used to be on TV, thinks that he can fix everything with TV," Hawk says, speaking outdoors in front of trees. What follows is less a review of the defense secretary's presentation than a warning about the words he chose.

In "Good luck Pete!", Hawk argues that Hegseth's declaration that he stands behind past actions could become material for a future prosecution. He questions whether Hegseth consulted an attorney before speaking and points to military strikes in Iran and against Venezuelan targets as the basis for his criticism.

The Short drew about 118,000 views in ten hours, an unusually fast start for Hawk's channel. Its comment count had also already exceeded the channel's usual full first day by more than threefold.

Hawk's channel biography describes him as a trial attorney, and that legal perspective supplies the clip's central argument. He closes with a categorical prediction, not an announcement of court proceedings: "Everything he said today can and will be used against him in a court of law."

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