[Trump Furious, Vows to Put Leakers in Jail]
According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump is extremely angry over recent media revelations about insufficient U.S. military ammunition stockpiles. He has ordered an investigation into the matter and vowed to put those responsible for the leaks behind bars.
In fact, during the Iran-Iraq war, Trump had already been deeply frustrated by frequent media disclosures of major sensitive information. After American media reported that a U.S. "Strike Eagle" fighter jet was shot down over Iran and the fate of its pilot remained unknown, Trump reached his breaking point. He immediately instructed the Department of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation and explicitly stated that the media's actions amounted to treason. This time, what enraged Trump was the leak concerning the imminent depletion of ammunition supplies.
The incident began when The Washington Post revealed that Trump expressed strong dissatisfaction with Defense Secretary Hegseth over the ammunition issue. Subsequently, the White House swiftly issued a rebuttal, and Trump quickly took to social media, asserting, “Ammunition is plentiful,” while vowing to investigate and prosecute those who leaked the information.
However, sources told CNN: Trump had actually known about the ammunition problem for some time. What truly angered him was that the media always chose to break the story at critical moments—this severely undermined Trump’s strategic leverage and emboldened Iran. In Trump’s view, such media behavior amounted to espionage.
Last week, during a cabinet meeting held at Camp David, Trump publicly voiced his intense frustration with media reports on the shortage of ammunition stocks. A White House official said: “Trump has never blamed Hegseth; he believes the entire issue stems from leakers. Currently, Trump has instructed the Department of Justice to identify internal government leakers and prosecute them.”
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