Reposted by Tori Otten
Trump's Iran quagmire is getting worse. Striking pattern:
*Leavitt/Hegseth berating media for making Trump "look bad"
*Rs privately say they don't want ownership of Iran attack
*GOP avoiding using word "war"
On the pod @teotten1.bsky.social and I dig into all of it:
newrepublic.com/article/2074...
newrepublic.com
Trump Press Sec Tirade Takes Truly Weird Turn as GOP Iran Angst Spikes
As Karoline Leavitt snaps amid tough questioning on Iran, the author of a piece on White House social media strategy explains how Trumpworld’s messaging is trivializing the war, making things worse fo...