Although he made it clear that the situation isn’t dire enough to negatively impact the military operation in Iran, one prominent diplomat is calling out the Biden administration for putting the nation’s supply of munitions in jeopardy.
Specifically, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz cited the prior regime’s largesse toward Ukraine as a central reason for the recent squeeze on military supplies.
As The Hill reported:
“We have to take a step back here in that a lot of stockpiles were depleted not only from what we gave Ukraine over the last… four or five years,” Waltz told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
ADVERTISEMENTWaltz also said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “inherited a depleted situation” from the Biden administration due to U.S. strikes on the Houthis — which the Trump administration carried out for nearly two months last year due to the Yemeni terrorist group targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea.
NBC News reported Friday that U.S. military commanders have been selectively choosing which Iranian missiles and explosive-packed drones to intercept amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s diminishing supply of weapons that block projectiles from reaching their targets.
His comments sparked some discussion on social media:
Briben and Eurocrat elites provoked a war with Russia in Ukraine. Then sent a huge amount of our supplies over there while the rest of NATO helped by cheering a little. Now the enemedia is seizing on depletion leaks to try and undermine the necessary action in Iran.
— Arkansas Slim (@Arkansaw_Slim) July 26, 2026
Catatonic Biden gave away so much to Ukraine!! He should be prosecuted for treasonous conspiracy!!!
— TraderMike (@mikel_trader) July 26, 2026
She is routing for US failure
It leaks out of every question and statement she makes
Who does that even if you don’t like the president
Routing against your own military— Renold Happel (@renhtin) July 26, 2026
NBC News added these details:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “inherited a depleted situation from not only Ukraine, but also the ongoing fight with the Houthis under the Biden administration and a depleted military under the Biden administration,” Waltz said.
The military under the Trump administration, he said, has decided that “one, they’re going to new types of munitions, cheaper munitions, new technologies, but also with these new defense budgets, rebuilding our great military.”
The White House and the Pentagon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hegseth appeared before lawmakers last week to ask for $67 billion in supplemental funding to expand production and speed up delivery of weapons.
And here’s the full interview:
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