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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Trump vows jail for ‘treasonous leakers’ over missile shortage report in latest Truth Social rant

President Donald Trump has reacted angrily to reporting that he confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over an alleged munitions shortage caused by the Iran war, threatening the “leakers” who spoke to the press with jail.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Trump had accosted Hegseth at Camp David in Maryland after a Cabinet meeting last Friday, saying he thought the problem “had been fixed,” only for the White House to call the story “100 percent fake news.”

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