President Donald Trump appeared to try to pin the blame for the Iran conflict on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Speaking at a Monday roundtable event for national military and law enforcement leaders in Memphis, Tennessee, the president said of the circumstances leading up to the February 28 launch of Operation Epic Fury: “I called Pete, I called General [Dan] Caine, I called a lot of our great people – we have a lot of great people – and I said, ‘Let’s talk.’