Trump Throws Cabinet Member Under the Bus over Iran War

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Donald Trump on Monday appeared to set up Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to take the blame should the president characterize the Iran war as a failure.

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... During a roundtable on crime prevention in Memphis, the president recounted how he made the decision to launch the strikes on Iran late last month.

"I said, let's talk.' We got a problem in the Middle East. We have a country known as Iran that , for 47 years, been just a purveyor of terror, and they're very close to a nuclear weapon," Trump said.

The president then explained what he viewed were the options.

"We can keep going and get that 50,000 up to 55 and 60, there's no end," Trump said, referring to the military's goal to recruit 60,000 soldiers, "or we can take a stop and make a little journey into the Middle East and eliminate a big problem."

"And I think, Pete, you were the first one to speak up," Trump said. "And you said, let's do it.' Because you cannot let them have a nuclear weapon." ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 01:02 PM | Reply

@#1 ... make a little journey into the Middle East ...

Little journey?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 01:03 PM | Reply

"or we can take a stop and make a little journey into the Middle East and eliminate a big problem."

How's that little journey coming along.
Are we there yet?

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-25 01:04 PM | Reply

Trump should have a sign on his desk that says "The buck stops over there" surrounded by arrows that point every direction except at him.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-03-25 01:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

IT'S NOT "DEFENSE SECRETARY"

IT'S SECRETARY OF BAR!

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-25 03:46 PM | Reply

"Donald Trump on Monday appeared to set up Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to take the blame should the president characterize the Iran war as a failure."

That's how you know things are going well. Trump is well-known as a humble man always willing to share the limelight.

#6 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-25 04:43 PM | Reply

In spite of Trump's notorious habit of scapegoating which we already know is his first resort, my biggest question is . . . when will the lily-livered Senate Republicans start smelling Trump's blood in the water?

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-03-26 07:45 AM | Reply

Fight fight fight...it's all a big bag of rats.

------- knows he ------ up good.

There is no way out.

Iran has the US by the nuts.

We could've invested in wind, solar, hydro, geothermal etc, but noooooooo... lets keep relying on the black goo from the craziest ass section of the world.

"for 47 years, been just a purveyor of terror"

The US has been purveying terror longer than that.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-26 08:14 AM | Reply

"Maximum lethality" could be the new operating slogan for the Iranian military. If American boots land on Iranian soil, every Iranian kook with a gun will be after our troops, seeking scalps which will be redeemable for food, shelter and open internet at home...

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2026-03-26 08:20 AM | Reply

CATDOG

You bring up another question:

WHY AMERICAN TROOTS? This is Israel's war. Why not Israeli boots on the ground?

#10 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-03-26 08:42 AM | Reply

Operation Epstein Fury might be a failure?

Or is Hegseth just the latest in a long line of Epstein victims?

#11 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-03-26 08:42 AM | Reply

Trump is a sucker for an ego trip. Netanyahu just led him down the primrose path.

#12 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-03-26 08:49 AM | Reply

And here we thought Dodo birds were extinct.

Apparently not. We still have Trump and Nutty-ho-h0.

#13 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-03-26 08:56 AM | Reply

Or is Hegseth just the latest in a long line of Epstein victims?

Ultimately, Hegseth will be his own victim. He's weak and petty man with less self-esteem than a pimpled out 14 y/o with BO. This is his biggest problem, and then it's his incompetence.

I think Trump hires these people because they're all tainted, and so easy throw them under the bus. Like Kristi. They're like cards up his sleeve ready to throw down whenever he fails.

But, his weak and tainted cabinet are full of people who are easily manipulated and don't have much for morals.

They'll do what he wants, until he's done with them, and then he discards.

#14 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-03-26 12:03 PM | Reply

Trump hires the needy because they practically beg to become complicit.
They are easily found, used, and replaced.
MAGA derives its strength from gathering together a mob of weak people in search of a tribe and chief.

#15 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-26 12:10 PM | Reply

...when will the lily-livered Senate Republicans start smelling Trump's blood in the water?

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-03-26

Never fear. As soon as a Republican develops a conscience, some Fetterman will come along to negate their vote.

#16 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-26 12:22 PM | Reply

We'll know Trump's feeling it for real when he starts throwing his present wife and any of his children under the bus.

The current high-level grifting and warmaking is providing plenty of cover for Uday, Qusay, and the Kushners to be conducting raids of their own. And Melanoma on behalf of her and the 6-7 POS.

#17 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-26 12:23 PM | Reply