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The Trump administration has gotten itself into a dire \u201cconundrum\u201d as officials struggle to push two contradictory narratives at once, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein argued Thursday in an analysis<\/u> published on his Substack.<\/p>\n

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That \u201cconundrum\u201d was on full display earlier this week during a \u201cdisastrous interview<\/u>\u201d in which President Donald Trump\u2019s United Nations ambassador both denied that the United States was running low on military stockpiles and blamed the shortages on the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWashington officials are stuck on this half-propaganda, half-operational conundrum. They both want more money for the military and they want to make clear that no weapons shortages are constraining the US from fighting Iran,\u201d Klippenstein wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis desire to have it both ways reached comic levels this week when U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz said to ‘Meet the Press’ that Biden was to blame for the missile shortage, before immediately insisting there was no shortage and that whoever is leaking that there is should be prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump throws tantrum as key priority crumbles in real time: \u2018Hunted down like dogs\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times recently reported<\/u> that the brief pause in fighting between the United States and Iran was motivated in part by concerns of “dangerously” draining the Pentagon\u2019s \u201calready diminished stockpile of Patriot antimissile interceptors and other air defense munitions.”<\/p>\n

During his interview with NBC News, Waltz said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth \u201cinherited a depleted situation\u201d regarding military stockpiles, while also claiming that the United States had \u201ceverything that it needs.\u201d He later called for \u201cthe people that are leaking this nonsense\u201d to be jailed.<\/p>\n

The United States war against Iran has significantly depleted<\/u> key American weapons stockpiles, according to Pentagon data and outside defense analysts. Researchers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated<\/u> that fewer than 827 Patriot interceptors and fewer than 278 THAAD ballistic missile interceptors remain in U.S. stockpiles.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump stares down revolt as GOP senators say he \u2018needs to face consequences\u2019: report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration has gotten itself into a dire \u201cconundrum\u201d as officials struggle to push two contradictory narratives at once, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein argued Thursday in an analysis published on his Substack.That \u201cconundrum\u201d was on full display earlier this week during a \u201cdis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump faces dire \u2018conundrum\u2019 as desperation reaches \u2018comic levels\u2019: analysis - Property Relocation USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5328\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump faces dire \u2018conundrum\u2019 as desperation reaches \u2018comic levels\u2019: analysis - 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