Navy chief undercuts Trump and Hegseth on Taiwan, Iran

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Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao contradicted the Trump administration by revealing the Pentagon temporarily paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan for munitions review. This development alters the US narrative on Iran and Taiwan.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s insistence this week that the Pentagon had paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan over a munitions review has undercut the Trump administration’s narrative on both Iran and Taipei.  Cao on Thursday told Senate appropriators that while the U.S. has “plenty” of missiles and interceptors, the Trump administration is holding off…