Iran responded to reports of shrinking US supplies by saying its locally produced weapons gave it the ability to respond to “any threat”. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday evening that Trump had confronted Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth last week over a possible weapons shortfall, also citing unnamed sources. “The ‘leakers’ of these treasonous statements are being hunted down,” Trump said in the post on Truth Social. He directly addressed the Washington Post’s story in a later post, saying: “I really believe their fake ‘reporting’ is treasonous!” But the administration has also indicated it is ramping up production, with Hegseth saying the US was working quickly to manufacture more weapons.