Tangent
Trump also denied a weapons shortage in a Truth Social post earlier Thursday, claiming the U.S. “has massive amounts of munitions” with more being constructed. “The ‘leakers’ of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!” he wrote.
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Chief Critics
A group of prominent anti-Trump Republicans are mulling the formation of a third party, with their opposition to the Iran war as the movement’s foundation. “We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise,” former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., tweeted over the weekend, with a photo of her, Tucker Carlson, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and others sitting around a table, writing “the movement has begun.” Carlson on Wednesday attacked Hegseth in laying out a 10-point plan for the new political movement on his show: “When you see your secretary of war jumping around like a deranged, bloodthirsty monkey calling for the murder of innocents and no one says anything about it, then you know we’ve taken a path that nobody can be proud of,” Carlson said. Both Greene and Carlson said in June they would no longer support the Republican Party.
Key Background
Trump is growing exacerbated with the Iran war, according to multiple reports, as polls show Americans are increasingly against the conflict and negotiations with Iran have repeatedly stalled. Multiple outlets reported this week the U.S. has nearly depleted its supply of long-range missiles, deterring Trump from restarting attacks on Iran since it would require riskier, piloted bombers without the missiles that can be launched from a safe distance. Trump has made repeated contradictory statements throughout the duration of the conflict, including signing a memorandum of understanding with Iran in June to end the war, only to restart attacks a short time later. Most recently, he backed off threats to attack Iran’s energy facilities over the weekend, claiming a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would likely be announced Wednesday or Thursday.
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further reading
Iran War Has Reportedly Depleted Crucial Weapons Stockpiles—Which Trump Denies (Forbes)
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