Guns, Ghosts, and Gambits: Trump’s Blaming of the Kurds for Missing Arms

Guns, ghosts, and gambits: Trump’s blaming of the Kurds for missing arms

In a characteristically blunt Oval Office assessment on Monday, President Donald Trump described the ceasefire with Iran as being on “massive life support.” However, the most explosive detail of his remarks was not the failing diplomacy, but his repeated frustration regarding an allegedly failed covert operation to arm Iranian protesters. Trump confirmed once again that the United States had sent “a lot of guns” to Iranian protesters earlier thi…

Trump Opposed Sending Weapons to Kurds for Iranian Opposition, Knew Weapons Would “Never Get There”

President Trump appeared completely befuddled that Iraq-based Kurds did not provide Iranian opposition with the American-supplied weapons. ... The post Trump Opposed Sending Weapons to Kurds for Iranian Opposition, Knew Weapons Would “Never Get There” appeared first on The New American.