Trump Spox Dodges The D-Word: Is A Draft Coming?
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Sunday told Fox News that Trump has put all options on the table, including a draft and sending US ground troops into Iran.
On Saturday, Trump was asked if he would send in US troops into Iran and he did not refute the possibility.
“Could there be? Possibly for a very good reason,” Trump said on Air Force One.
On Sunday Morning Futures, Maria Bartiromo asked Leavitt if she would elaborate on this very important issue.
"Mothers out there are worried that we’re going to have a draft, that they’re going to see their sons and daughters get involved in this," she said. What do you want to say about the president's plans for troops on the ground?" Bartiromo asked. "As we know, it's been largely an air campaign up until now."
"It has been, and it will continue to be," Leavitt said. "And President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table."
Leavitt went on to spew jingoistic nonsense about Americans being in a 47-year war with Iran and Trump attacked them before they attacked us. Only the most committed MAGA cultist believed these lies.
I find it telling that Leavitt did not refute one issue in particular: an actual draft. She instead left it on the table as well?
Sending ground troops would be a major escalation that would throw this already nightmarish endeavor into more chaos.