Trump’s ‘Treasonous’ Leaker Hunt Backfires With Epic Self-Own - The Daily Beast
Reports suggest that Donald Trump's efforts to identify leakers regarding U.S. missile shortages have been undermined by his own prior knowledge of the situation. The controversy involves conflicting claims about military readiness and the administration's response to media reports.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing tensions between the executive branch, the military, and the press regarding national security transparency.
Donald Trump may have just blown up his own furious hunt for the “treasonous” leakers behind reports of a dwindling U.S. missile supply amid his ongoing war with Iran.
Trump reportedly indicated he knew even before he launched an attack on the Middle East nation on Feb. 28 that American missile supplies were running low, but he planned to press on regardless.
Just weeks before Trump launched his attack on Iran, he was quoted as saying he had been “warned” of the missile shortage. “And his response was to say that the decision was his,” reported the legal blog emptywheel . “That if we went in spite of the warnings, the decision was his.”
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