“A remarkable thing happened this weekend with too little attention: In the middle of a war with Iran, officials in the Trump Administration leaked to the press that the U.S. is running out of ammunition. That was the explanation officials offered CNN and other news outlets for President Trump's decision to stop his nightly bombing of Iran over its closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Mull over that one. Mr. Trump was saying all last week he is prepared for a major military escalation. But, suddenly, the leakers undermine the credibility of that U.S. resolve by telling the press -- and thus the Iranians -- that the U.S. can't sustain the fight.
Do the leakers think this public admission of weakness will make the Iranians more likely to open the Strait? Do they think it's wise to tell enemies trying to kill U.S. soldiers not to worry about a sustained American response? This is an astonishing display of incompetence, or disloyalty, or both.
If the U.S. really is running out of missiles and interceptors, that should be a five-alarm fire. Mr. Trump should be calling on Congress to skip its recess and do something about it immediately, and rallying industry for the effort. But if the missile gap is being floated for political purposes by officials who want Mr. Trump to stand down, then the President should banish those voices from the Situation Room. Either way, they're laughing in Tehran.” [1]
This why Zelensky’s talk to Trump today was very short: “Any missiles?” – “Nope.”
1. The White House Missile Gap Excuse. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 28 July 2026: A14.
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