The president denied that the Army is running out of missiles and will take legal action against the media that invented this false news amid the war with Iran
On Wednesday, the Democratic rag The Washington Post published an article claiming that the Secretary of War of the government, Pete Hegseth, confronted President Donald Trump over the handling of the war against Iran in a cabinet meeting held at Camp David this week.
At the same time, this week false reports began to circulate that the United States Army had exhausted its stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the five months the country has been at war with the Iranian regime and that for this reason Trump was seeking to end the conflict diplomatically and had backed down from the massive bombings he had planned for the weekend.
The article from the opposing rag is based, of course, on anonymous sources who supposedly claim that Trump demanded answers from Hegseth about why he had been led to believe that the ammunition problem had been resolved.
Trump and his war minister Pete Hegseth
Trump's Denial
Trump denied this fake news on his social media and stated that the United States has "massive amounts of 'ammunition'". "Additionally, large quantities are being manufactured and sent to the United States as needed. Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in the history of our country," the president wrote.
The president also claimed that those who leaked the story would be "hunted" and that "long-term prison sentences" would be sought for these acts of treason committed by journalists.
Trump had already denied last month the claim that the U.S. military was suffering from a missile shortage. "We have much more ammunition than anyone in the world, and far more than we need," the Republican told the Wall Street Journal. For his part, Hegseth described these reports as "a made-up story" on June 14 when he was interviewed by CBS News.
The conflict with Iran enters its sixth month of duration
