President Donald Trump vowed early Thursday, Aug. 6, on Truth Social to seek “long term jail sentences” for people who disclosed information about U.S. missile shortages to the media, according to published reports.
Trump did not identify which reports prompted the post, but CBS News and the Washington Post (WaPo) have published accounts of depleted long-range precision missiles and a reported presidential confrontation with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. [1][2][3] Trump wrote that the U.S. has “massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types,” and that defense companies are building “the largest number of plants and factories in our country’s history,” according to the BBC. The president said the “leakers” of what he called “treasonous statements” are being “hunted down” and that “long term jail sentences will be sought.” [1], [4]
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