{"id":30063,"date":"2026-08-06T17:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30063"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:30:19","slug":"unforgivable-blunder-joe-scarborough-buries-pete-hegseth-over-reported-munitions-shortage-says-he-needs-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30063","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unforgivable Blunder!\u2019 Joe Scarborough Buries Pete Hegseth Over Reported Munitions Shortage \u2014 Says \u2018He Needs to Go\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5748746\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-design-2026-04-24T133537-372-768x432-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Scarborough<\/strong> was off from <em>Morning Joe<\/em> on Thursday \u2014 but still managed to deliver a hot take that&#8217;s sure to get people talking in Washington and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>In a fiery post on X on Thursday, Scarborough sounded off about the blockbuster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/05\/trump-hegseth-clashed-camp-david-over-iran-missile-depletion-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em> report<\/a> about President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/05\/trump-hegseth-clashed-camp-david-over-iran-missile-depletion-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clashing at Camp David<\/a> with Defense Secretary <strong>Pete Hegseth<\/strong> over what <em>The Post<\/em> characterized as &#8220;extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough called it an &#8220;unforgivable blunder&#8221; compounded by Hegseth&#8217;s refusal to acknowledge the shortage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Hegseth attacks media questions on this extreme munitions shortage as \u201cfake news,&#8221; he makes this unforgivable blunder worse,&#8221; Scarborough wrote. &#8220;Congress needs to take action. Americans need the truth. Hegseth can\u2019t give it. He needs to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary <strong>Karoline Leavitt<\/strong> flatly denied the story shortly after it was published Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was at Camp David with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth. This literally never happened, and we told the Washington Post that repeatedly,&#8221; Leavitt wrote on X. &#8220;This B.S. story was shopped to many outlets by someone clearly out to disparage the Secretary, for whatever reason. Unfortunately for them, the President loves the Secretary and thinks he\u2019s doing a tremendous job. FAKE NEWS!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth&#8217;s chief spokesman, <strong>Sean Parnell<\/strong>, echoed Leavitt&#8217;s denial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We told the Washington Post the same thing,&#8221; Parnell <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeanParnellASW\/status\/2085185140670566491?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;They ran with the fake, anonymously sourced BS anyway. Complete &amp; total Fake News.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But those denials were complicated by a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117046698987056229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a> from President Trump shortly after midnight Thursday \u2014 in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-rages-at-leakers-after-wapo-report-of-his-clash-with-hegseth-which-karoline-leavitt-denied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he acknowledged there were &#8220;leakers&#8221; in his midst<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. has massive amounts of \u2018munitions,\u2019 especially of certain types,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cAdditionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed. Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in our country\u2019s history. The \u2018leakers\u2019 of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/unforgivable-blunder-joe-scarborough-buries-pete-hegseth-over-reported-munitions-shortage-says-he-needs-to-go\/\">\u2018Unforgivable Blunder!\u2019 Joe Scarborough Buries Pete Hegseth Over Reported Munitions Shortage \u2014 Says \u2018He Needs to Go\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Scarborough was off from Morning Joe on Thursday \u2014 but still managed to deliver a hot take that&#8217;s sure to get people talking in Washington and beyond. 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