The controversial name

Many people have taken to social media to condemn the bombings as “disgusting and evil,” while even some pro-MAGA figures, such as former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, criticized Trump’s actions.

But the controversy hasn’t stopped there, much of the backlash is focused on the operation’s name.

Social media users have slammed Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the administration for calling it “Operation Epic Fury,” with many labeling the name “stupid” or “childish.”

“Is it just me or the name of the Operation ‘Epic Fury’ feels like it was picked by someone from Marvel?” one user wrote.

Another added: “In all of U.S. military history, is there a more embarrassing name for an operation than ‘Epic Fury?’ Sounds like the subtitle of the sixth sequel in a mediocre slasher franchise.”

A third commented: “I know it’s small potatoes but Epic Fury is the stupidest military operation name ever. It’s the minions of military operation names.”

And a fourth wrote: “‘Operation Epic Fury’ is the kind of thing I would’ve called it when I played with GI Joe action figures as a child. For an adult to use the name when killing real people is f***** pathetic.”

At the same time, Pete Hegseth says the mission behind the operation is “laser-focused.”

Speaking at a Monday morning press conference, he also described it as “the most lethal, most complex, and most precise aerial operation in history.”

At the opening of his Pentagon press briefing, Hegseth accused Iran of waging what he described as a “savage, one-sided war” against the United States for more than four decades.

He said the Iranian regime had carried out its campaign through attacks such as the Beirut barracks bombing, rocket strikes on U.S. vessels, killings at American embassies, and roadside bombs targeting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The defense secretary added: “We didn’t start this war, but under president Trump, we are finishing it.”