Gallego on Israel allegedly leading Iran operation: 'An absolute abdication of leadership'

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Source: The Hill

03/03/26 4:16 PM ET


Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) slammed Israel allegedly leading the recent U.S. operation in Iran, calling it “an absolute abdication of leadership.”

“We lost six men and women so far, and I’m not sure there was, what kind of preplanning and planning was actually created in enough time to actually be able to even execute this correctly. Like, right now I’m hearing that our stockpiles are running low, and it takes forever for us to redo and rearm ourselves, all because Israel wanted to take a chance at the fact that, you know, Iran was weak, and we just had to follow them through,” Gallego, a Marine veteran who served in Iraq, said on a Tuesday episode of “Pod Save America.”

“If this is actually what happened, this is what Marco Rubio just said to everybody, that is an absolute abdication of leadership by [President] Trump, and by everybody in his Cabinet, the fact that we were basically pushed into the war by Israel,” Gallego, whose name has been floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, added.

On Monday, top Democratic and Republican lawmakers said that the Trump administration’s decision to launch bombing and missile strikes in Iran last weekend was mostly reliant on an Israeli plan to attack Iran with or without U.S. support.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5765492-gallego-criticizes-trump-israel-iran/

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1. "Trump claims he 'forced' Israel into Iran war, contradicting Rubio's account"

Trump claims he ‘forced’ Israel into Iran war, contradicting Rubio’s account

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered a much different explanation for how the United States and Israel opted to launch a surprise war with Iran, contending he pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the conflict.

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Trump contradicted his secretary of State and national security adviser, former GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, by contending he likely forced Israel into launching the conflict.

“No, I might have forced their hand. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack,” Trump told reporters. “I felt strongly about that.

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Rubio was seated on a sofa a few feet from Trump on Tuesday. He did not attempt to clarify his remarks on how the war started.

https://rollcall.com/2026/03/03/trump-claims-he-forced-israel-into-iran-war-contradicting-rubios-account/

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2. The Hill story broke two hours after Trump contradicted Rubio's account in an Oval Office press event

by claiming that it was the US that pushed Israel, not the other way around.

Gallego's staff needs to do a better job of keeping track of the administration's ever-shifting narrative and informing the Senator of changes in Trump's cover story.

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5. I dunno. This seems like good strategy on the part of Gallego.

Instead of following the chaotic script emanating from the WH, it's good strategy to seize on the aspects that make Trump look weakest.

It makes Trump look very bad and that's good.

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3. Netanyahu oughta just put a dog collar & leash on trump.

He thought previous presidents were putty in his hands,
till he met trump.

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4. What lurid information must bibi have on TrumpenFuhrer to be

able to dictate foreign policy to the USA? The unredacted Epstein files on Trumps crimes must be UNBELIEVABLY heinous.