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Trump Demands Answers on Stockpile Shortages, Blames Ukraine Aid

8/6/2026

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President Donald Trump called Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg to demand answers on depleted stockpiles.
Call prompted meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Stephen Feinberg and officials, during which Stephen Feinberg blamed Ukraine aid, Yemen strikes, a 12-day war last year and Iran hostilities since February for shortage.
President Donald Trump called leakers treasonous, said they are being hunted, and criticized Pentagon’s slow signing of Defense Production Act contracts.

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President Donald Trump called Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg to demand answers on depleted stockpiles.
Call prompted meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Stephen Feinberg and officials, during which Stephen Feinberg blamed Ukraine aid, Yemen strikes, a 12-day war last year and Iran hostilities since February for shortage.
President Donald Trump called leakers treasonous, said they are being hunted, and criticized Pentagon’s slow signing of Defense Production Act contracts.