Jen Psaki

Who could have predicted that an all-out war with Iran would dangerously deplete our nation's munitions?

Who could have predicted that Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz?

And who could have predicted that Iran would respond with cyber attacks?

The answer is anybody with knowledge of the region and any military expertise.

The reason a president has the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the reason they have top advisors, is to warn them, to play out, to red team the consequences of their actions as they're making decisions, to help them understand what the impact of their decisions will be.

Now, I should note that after all that reporting came out about Dan Cain having warned Trump about how disastrous a war with Iran could be, Trump denied it, said it was fake news and said that Cain actually thought a war with Iran would be, quote, easily won.

Now, is that what General Cain actually thought?

We don't know.

But given all those warnings, I seriously doubt it.

And now there's new reporting revealing that many within the White House are just going along to get along, despite their own reservations about this war.

Current and former White House officials spoke to MSNOW's Jake Traylor about disagreements they had with how the administration was approaching the war with Iran.

And while those current and former White House officials felt fine disagreeing with the White House anonymously in the press, they said that they do not share those same opinions within the walls of the White House for fear of negative repercussions.

One former White House official saying, quote, so many people are afraid of being on the outs.

They are just drinking the Kool-Aid and going along with it.

Well, that's a dangerous situation to state the obvious.

In other words, the emperor has no clothes, but his aides are saying his clothes look great anyway, except it's, of course, not Trump's outfit we're talking about here.

It's a war.

Now, in another gobsmacking quote, this one from a senior White House official, a current senior White House official, that is, told MSNOW that Trump is, quote, getting a little bored with Iran.

It's not that he regrets it, this official said.

He's just bored and wants to move on.