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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:04 PM Monday

JD Vance 'Repeatedly Questioned' If Pentagon Gave Trump Accurate War Info, Reveals Explosive Report [View all]

Source: Mediaite

The Atlantic published a bombshell report on Monday revealing that Vice President JD Vance has “repeatedly questioned” whether or not Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is giving President Donald Trump an accurate portrayal of the war in Iran and the toll it is taking on the U.S. military’s arsenal.

The Atlantic’s Missy Ryan, Vivian Salama, Michael Scherer, and Nancy A. Youssef share a byline on the report titled, “The Pentagon May Not Be Telling Trump the Full Picture About the War.”

The report cited two senior administration officials recalling that “the vice president has queried the accuracy of the information the Pentagon has provided about the war. He has also expressed his concerns about the availability of certain missile systems in discussions with President Trump.”

“Both Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, and General Dan Caine, who chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have publicly said that U.S. weapons stockpiles are robust, and portrayed the damage to Iranian forces after eight weeks of fighting as drastic,” added the Atlantic report before quoting Vance insiders

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jd-vance-repeatedly-questioned-pentagon-212738414.html



Would Trump have listened either way?
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