Throwing him under the bus: Trump says Pete Hegseth was most responsible for Iran war – LGBTQ Nation
Donald Trump appeared to try to defend Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth yesterday by saying that he is the person “most responsible” for the war in Iran, but this has led many people on social media to believe that he is throwing Hegseth under the bus following the GOP’s electoral losses last week.
Trump was responding to news that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) would introduce a resolution today to impeach Hegseth. Massie has been critical of the Trump administration, and Trump backed Massie’s primary opponent, who beat him earlier this year.
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“By engaging in hostilities in Iran for more than 90 days without congressional authorization, Secretary Hegseth is breaking the law and must be held accountable,” Massie said.
The war in Iran has been very unpopular in the US, with only 33% of US adults saying in an October survey that they approve of Trump’s handling of the war.
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“We saved Israel and the Middle East,” Trump said, repeating a claim that Iran had nuclear weapons and was about to strike Israel, something experts don’t believe is true. “There would be no Israel even if we had not saved them from Iran.”
“And what are we going to do with one of the guys that was most responsible for the war? We want to impeach him.”
On X, people said this showed that Trump was not taking responsibility for the war, even though he framed it as a defense of Hegseth.
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