If there is one lesson the American people have learned over the ten years Donald Trump has been in national politics, it is that when things go wrong, someone else will always be blamed.
It is Trump 101.
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Trump decided on his own to start a war with Iran. The president didn’t consult Congress or build an international coalition. He and his buddy Bibi decided to start a new war in the Middle East.
The president’s failure in the war with Iran has embarrassed him.
Iran has made a deal with Oman to control the Strait of Hormuz, with the United States being cut out of negotiations.
Trump is looking for someone to blame for his terrible decision-making, and this time, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s number came up.
The Washington Post reported:
President Donald Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran, two people familiar with the exchange told The Washington Post.
The encounter took place on the sidelines of his Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday where Trump vented at Hegseth that he thought the munitions issue “had been fixed,” according to both people familiar with the conversation, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation.
Hegseth responded by blaming his deputy, which is how it works in the Trump administration. No one takes responsibility, and everyone passes the blame to someone else.
Trump was so upset by this reporting that he felt the need to defend Hegseth, which is the Trump kiss of death.