An exclusive NBC article claimed that President erupted at cabinet members during a meeting last week over frustration at the lack of progress in the war in Iran. While the article is behind a paywall, various matching reports exist on elements of the report, including in Times of Israel and Mediaite.
The White House is reportedly divided over its handling of the war. One U.S. official told NBC: “After all this time, there is no unity.” Cabinet members are divided over whether the priority should be stopping Iran’s nuclear program, protecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, or degrading Tehran’s missile and drone arsenal.
“The president is exasperated,” another source who has spoken with the president in recent weeks told NBC, reported Times of Israel. “I don’t think he believed it was going to be this difficult to get the Iranians to agree to a deal. There was not a real strategy for how long or what they should do to get to the endpoint. He did not intend this to be a long, drawn-out war.”
