‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’Donald Trump is stuck between “a rock and a hard place” after three weeks of war in Iran and “sending a message of weakness” to the world, Leon Panetta, a former US...
<p>Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’</p><p>Donald Trump is stuck between “a rock and a hard place” after three weeks of war in Iran and “sending a message of weakness” to the world, <a href="https://www.panettainstitute.org/about-us/institute-people/leon-panetta/">Leon Panetta</a>, a former US defence secretary and Central Intelligence Agency director, has told the Guardian.</p><p>Panetta, who served in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama administrations, recalled that national security officials were always keenly aware of Iran’s ability to create an energy crisis by blocking the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz">strait of Hormuz</a>. That very scenario is now unfolding, leaving Trump with no exit strategy beyond wishful thinking.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-iran-leon-panetta">Continue reading...</a>
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