Trump Denies Munitions Shortage as Iran's Parliament Speaker Mocks Him
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United States President Donald Trump denied reports that American munitions stockpiles have run low, writing on Truth Social that the country holds tremendous amounts of ammunition and that leakers of what he called treasonous statements would face long prison sentences. Senior American officials said Trump had privately complained that the disclosures make Washington look weak while he presses Iran toward an agreement, and that the issue dominated a cabinet meeting at Camp David. Trump also disputed accounts of a clash with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying he is satisfied with him. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked the threats in English, calling them theater diplomacy on loop.
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Sources factually disagree on whether United States munitions stockpiles are depleted and on whether Trump clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Camp David: senior American officials cited in the reporting say Trump privately complained about dwindling stockpiles and that Hegseth blamed his deputy for the shortfall, while Trump and the Pentagon spokesman say those accounts are fictional and that the United States holds tremendous amounts of munitions. The remaining facts are uniform: Trump publicly rejected the reports on Truth Social, demanded long prison sentences for the leakers, said he is satisfied with Hegseth, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf answered with an English-language post mocking the threats as theater diplomacy.
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