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What the disloyal leaks about Iran prove about Trump
Trump did what past leaders should have: Take an enemy at its word.
August 27, 2026
President Donald Trump announces strikes on nuclear sites in Iran on June 21, 2025, in Washington. (Craig Hudson/For The Washington Post)
The leaking and finger-pointing on Iran by MAGA disloyalists have begun. The Wall Street Journal reports that in February, then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned President Donald Trump that if he attacked, “Tehran would rush to close the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing the global energy market.” Her admonition “echoed warnings Trump was receiving from all corners,” the Journal wrote, including from top military leaders who expressed “concerns about the weapons stockpile and readiness problems for an overstretched force” and from Vice President JD Vance, who “promoted a more cautious approach” focused on negotiations that would be “less costly than a war with unwieldy consequences.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/27/iran-trump-took-an-enemy-its-word-if-only-past-leaders-had/