While US president repeatedly threatens military action against Iran, CNN reports he complained that leaks about depletion of US weapons stockpiles makes the US look weak at an important moment; Iranian Parliament speaker: 'Massive attack coming… wait, never mind'In closed-door conversations held in recent days, U.S. President Donald Trump complained that leaks about Washington’s dwindling ammunition stockpile are making the U.S. look weak at an important moment, CNN reported Thursday evening, citing senior U.S. officials. The report comes as Trump repeatedly threatens to take further military action in an effort to pressure Tehran into reaching an agreement.After another threatening post by Trump, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked him in a rare social media post in English:“‘Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate.' That’s theater diplomacy on loop. Using bullying + broken promises + fake news as leverage is a failed strategy. Acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments. We don’t need more theater.”Gallery(Photos: Carlos Osorio/AP, US Army, Reuters, Anna Moneymaker/AFP, AP)According to six sources familiar with what happened at a Cabinet meeting convened last week at Camp David, the ammunition issue was at the center of the discussion. They told CNN that the frustrated U.S. president raised the media coverage of the reduced stockpiles.The sources said Trump had been well aware for months of possible problems related to ammunition and was not surprised by the reports. However, he was angry that the information was revealed precisely at a turning point in the confrontation, and that it continues to be an increasingly public issue at a time when, they said, he wants to project strength.Trump again denied Thursday the reports of an arms shortage, writing on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. has “tremendous amounts” of ammunition, “especially of certain types.” According to him, “large quantities are being produced and sent to the U.S. as needed. Defense companies are building the greatest number of factories in the history of our country. The leakers of these treasonous statements are under surveillance. Long prison sentences will be demanded!”Trump gives deadline for deal with IranSo far, White House officials claimed, the American president’s anger has not been directed personally at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Later in the day, Trump even stressed in another post that he is “very satisfied with the job Pete Hegseth is doing,” and that “the fake news, as usual, is spreading false and completely baseless rumors.” One of the sources added that Trump “never blamed Pete. This whole story is about the leakers.”The remarks about Hegseth were not made in a vacuum. Overnight, The Washington Post reported that the American president’s anger had reached a boiling point when he demanded answers from the defense secretary over why he had been presented with a false picture regarding “the severe shortage of munitions” that is now limiting U.S. options for action in Iran. The shortage, especially of long-range missiles and interceptors, was one reason Trump backed away from launching additional broad strikes against Iran in recent days.According to two officials who spoke with the newspaper, the confrontation took place at a Cabinet meeting at Camp David last Friday, when Trump was furious with Hegseth because he believed the munitions issue “had already been handled.” The defense secretary, for his part, shifted responsibility to his deputy, Steve Feinberg, claiming he was the one who had failed to ensure that the president was aware of the shortage, according to the report.Perte Hegseth: The story is the leakers(Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, however, said the described confrontation was “100% fake news” and that Trump has full confidence in Hegseth. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell also denied that the defense secretary misled the president or placed responsibility on Feinberg, saying reports about depleted stockpiles, internal disputes and Hegseth’s position on Iran are “fictional.”Meanwhile, Trump has instructed the Justice Department to find what he described as the “traitors” leaking the information from within the administration, according to officials.According to CNN, the munitions shortage is not worrying only senior American officials, but also leaders of Persian Gulf states, who have raised new concerns about how a shortage of air defense systems could undermine their ability to stop possible Iranian retaliation if Trump decides to escalate the confrontation. Some of those countries rely on defense systems supplied by Washington. Gulf leaders acknowledged that a shortage in stockpiles could hurt their ability to intercept incoming Iranian missile and drone attacks, according to multiple officials.A senior White House official claimed that as Trump’s anger grows over the narrative in coverage of ammunition stockpiles, White House officials believe the leaks came from people inside the U.S. administration who oppose the war and are determined to push Trump to extricate the U.S. from the confrontation with Iran.