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Trump vows jail for 'leakers' over missile shortage report in Truth Social rant

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President Donald Trump has reacted angrily to reporting that he confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over a alleged munitions shortage caused by the Iran war, threatening the "leakers" who spoke to the press with jail. "The U.S. has massive amounts of 'munitions,' especially of certain types." "The 'leakers' of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!" Parnell: "Secretary Hegseth did not mislead anyone about our munitions posture, and he did not blame Deputy Secretary Feinberg." Leavitt: the incident "literally never happened" and Trump "has the utmost confidence in Secretary Hegseth." Washington Post reported Trump "had accosted Hegseth at Camp David in Maryland after a Cabinet meeting last Friday," saying he thought the problem "had been fixed." A CSIS report from late July found the military had 2,330 Patriot and 452 THAAD systems before the war, now an estimated 759 to 827 Patriots and 234 to 278 THAADs left. Sources told Reuters "virtually all" of the Army's ATACMS and PrSM have been utilized; weapons cost over $1 million each.