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Trump and his administration have repeatedly claimed that Iran is almost out of drones, missiles, rockets, and so on.

If you listen to Trump World, the Iranian government is on the verge of running out of everything.

Just Thursday, Trump said Iran had, quote, very few rockets left.

He went on to exaggerate about success when talking about taking out almost all of their munitions.

Quote, the problem with the straight is this.

Let's say we do a great job.

We got 99%.

1% is unacceptable because 1% is a missile going into the hull of a ship that costs a billion dollars.

here in the real world, where the status of Trump's month-old war isn't decided by whatever nonsense Trump tries to speak into existence.

Assessments suggest that the majority of Iran's missile and drone inventory is still intact.

The assessments put it somewhere between 60 and 70 percent intact.

while the administration is pointing to a lower frequency of strikes by Iran as some kind of evidence that they're winning.

It seems like Iran has slowed their operational tempo to avoid burning through their munitions the way the U.S.

has.

An incredibly clear indication that Trump is misleading the American public about the progress of the war is a posting for a contract opportunity on SAM.gov, which is giving us a little bit of insight into the possible futures in the Middle East.

The U.S.

military is seeking solutions for portable bunkers to be shipped over to the Mideast.

These would be structures U.S.

forces could seek shelter in during missile or drone attacks.

The listing says, quote, The USG is seeking information from vendors capable of providing prefabricated, transportable, hardened shelter systems designed to protect personnel from blast and fragmentation threats.