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BumRushDaShow

(169,433 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:18 AM 16 hrs ago

Top Republican Accuses Trump Admin of Keeping Congress In the Dark on Iran: 'They're Not Telling Us Things'

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 25th, 2026, 5:19 pm


Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, put the Pentagon on blast on Wednesday following a classified briefing on Iran. Politico’s Connor O’Brien reported on Rogers’s frustrations, which included not getting clear information about the ongoing conflict, including the potential deployment of ground troops onto Iranian territory.

“We want to know more about what’s going on, what the options are, and why they’re being considered,” Rogers said. “We’re just not getting enough answers.”. “This is not just about Epic Fury” he continued, adding, “This is a consistent pattern of tagging the base and saying ‘We came over and briefed you.’ But they’re not telling us things.”

O’Brien noted that Rogers was not the only top Republican frustrated with the Pentagon on Wednesday. Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) reacted to Rogers’s comments, saying, “Let me put it this way: I can see why he might have said that. I haven’t heard his comment, and I don’t know the context. But I can see why he might have said that.”

“We just wanted them to tell us what’s the plan, and we didn’t get any answers,” Wicker added. “I understand they can’t give us, they shouldn’t give us, specific operational details. But generally, we should be able to get more texture than we’re receiving from them.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/top-republican-accuses-trump-admin-of-keeing-congress-in-the-dark-on-iran-theyre-not-telling-us-things/



“We just wanted them to tell us what’s the plan


There is no "plan". Just concepts of a blueprint for the draft of a plan.
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Top Republican Accuses Trump Admin of Keeping Congress In the Dark on Iran: 'They're Not Telling Us Things' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago OP
oh, NOW they're worried? Skittles 15 hrs ago #1
I concur, Skittles. ProudMNDemocrat 14 hrs ago #6
Wonder what he'll do this time. After the last huge No Kings protests, he tore down travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #13
yes Skittles 5 hrs ago #29
They are worried they might lose their place BootinUp 13 hrs ago #7
No shit popsdenver 6 hrs ago #28
Maybe if you started acting like a co-equal branch of government eShirl 15 hrs ago #2
They know Trump is lying and why. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #3
Think about this: popsdenver 9 hrs ago #18
Exactly my point. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #19
Even if they get rid of "Trump" popsdenver 7 hrs ago #23
Vance is waiting in the wings. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #24
Epstein. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #4
ding.this ! AllaN01Bear 5 hrs ago #32
"We just wanted them to tell us what's the plan, .... " Botany 14 hrs ago #5
ding. this ! AllaN01Bear 5 hrs ago #33
Drop bombs. buy bombs. play the markets, drop more bombs, play the markets.....make billions. Thats the plan n/t Cheezoholic 13 hrs ago #8
Plus BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #9
If Meidas Touch is correct, GOP is WAY too late with their 'attention to this matter' Attilatheblond 12 hrs ago #10
Get a ceasefire ASAP and do everything that is needed to secure and rescue our troops. Botany 9 hrs ago #17
When I read Trump/Hegseth wanted to have troops drop into Iran, I wondered... Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #22
That won't stop you from voting to let him have unlimited war powers without Congressional approval mb40 11 hrs ago #11
But Mike, you told us the war was going wonderfully. travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #12
All is at the whim of a moldering madman. pandr32 10 hrs ago #14
What this means, I hope, is that these Repubes constituents have been calling them in large numbers to complain about LaMouffette 9 hrs ago #15
He's asking the wrong people. The Pentagon doesn't know anything Bluetus 9 hrs ago #16
On a grand scale popsdenver 9 hrs ago #20
And the American people are the losers Bluetus 7 hrs ago #25
Maybe as few as three popsdenver 6 hrs ago #26
No. Not countries. Bluetus 4 hrs ago #34
If only there were something Republicans could do? Buddyzbuddy 8 hrs ago #21
With all the Republicans are doing popsdenver 6 hrs ago #27
Even though you admit to being stupid you are still stupid. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #30
Asking the wrong people! charliea 5 hrs ago #31
When your head is up your ass, it's hard to not be in the dark. Wonder Why 4 hrs ago #35
If they're not getting info in a classified briefing CanonRay 2 hrs ago #36

Skittles

(171,630 posts)
1. oh, NOW they're worried?
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:14 AM
15 hrs ago

FUCK you fucking traitor GOPers, you created that fucking monster Trump, FUCK YOU

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,879 posts)
6. I concur, Skittles.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:36 AM
14 hrs ago

The 28th will send a message to DESPICABLE Don that WE the people, will not be suckered into a wasteful and costly war with Iran.

Donald responds to numbers! We are going to give him FUCKING numbers! October 18, 2025 of close to 7 million Americans in the streets was just a warm up!

travelingthrulife

(5,161 posts)
13. Wonder what he'll do this time. After the last huge No Kings protests, he tore down
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:54 AM
11 hrs ago

1/3 of the White House to prove he was King.

Skittles

(171,630 posts)
29. yes
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 04:16 PM
5 hrs ago

and somehow I don't think his meme of air-dropping shit on WE THE PEOPLE is gonna go over as well this time with a lot of the assholes who cheered it on

popsdenver

(2,258 posts)
28. No shit
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:20 PM
6 hrs ago

The Republicans in the House and Senate, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court are so stupid, they have yet to realize that there is NO Legislative Branch, or Judicial Branch in a Dictatorship/Tyranny........

Just like the Trumphumping voters are NOW learning, they too will be thrown under the bus as soon as they are no longer needed....

eShirl

(20,236 posts)
2. Maybe if you started acting like a co-equal branch of government
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:57 AM
15 hrs ago

and stopped letting him walk all over you...

Irish_Dem

(81,161 posts)
3. They know Trump is lying and why.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:00 AM
15 hrs ago

Pretending to be in the dark about all of it is ridiculous.

Trump is trying to extort Iran for oil, cash, land.

The GOP congress knows this and wants their cut of the haul, as per usual.

popsdenver

(2,258 posts)
18. Think about this:
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:46 PM
9 hrs ago

"Trump is trying to extort Iran for oil, cash, land."

Venezuela has THE worlds largest oil reserves, with Iran Second and Russia third largest reserves...

Republicans declared war on Venezuela, and have illegally invaded and have literally taken over their country, by force, for the U.S. Oil companies......The Republicans have now turned control of Venezuela over to the U.S. Oil companies to run........SAME EXACT THING CHENEY DID IN IRAQ. After spending two trillion dollars on the war in IRAQ, Cheney divided up IRAQ, into six areas, each controlled by a U.S. Oil company.....

NOW, They want to wipe out the world's largest, major oil supplier, to eliminate competition.

We are seeing these other countries invaded, militarily crushed one by one, for the purpose of controlling the oil.........
Next up? How about Iceland, Greenland, Canada for their incredible amount of oil and other precious metals?????
Not sure why we have invaded Equador, putting a big bunch of our special forces on the ground there, which is not being talked alot about. Maybe just to help out their Dictator, who is wanting to stay in control, and a known Trump Lover.....

All of this crap happening is way way beyond Trump.........and is most likely the 2025 group, Uber Rich Republicans top 1%ers, and Republican Corporations......
The Republicans, who are truly running things, have told the Military Industrial Complex to do a major ramp up of the supply of weapons, particularly the rocket suppliers.
The Wealthy and Corporations have had their taxes cut to practically nothing and they are eliminating all the social programs, deeming them frivolous to better spend the tax money from us 99%ers on THEIR wars and other pet 2025 Projects....

Irish_Dem

(81,161 posts)
19. Exactly my point.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:51 PM
9 hrs ago

All that Trump cares is that he and his spawn will become trillionaires.
And he is keeping his minders happy.
Trump is just the snake oil salesman for his evil minders.

popsdenver

(2,258 posts)
23. Even if they get rid of "Trump"
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:18 PM
7 hrs ago

they will somehow install someone like Stephen Miller as President, as he is most certainly operating everything from the shadows, with the 2025 group running everything, USING TRUMP AS A PAWN..........

NO DIFFERENT than HWBush did with Reagan, or Cheney did with WBush..........or the New Republican CABAL did with installing Trump in 2016 and again in 2024............

At the same time, Trump is serving a second master.......Putin.......AND constantly grifting which is far exceeding anything he did in the first term with Covid, etc.....

Irish_Dem

(81,161 posts)
24. Vance is waiting in the wings.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:23 PM
7 hrs ago

His minders know he is smoother and smarter than Trump.
With another group of evil minded ones to direct the action.

Cheezoholic

(3,712 posts)
8. Drop bombs. buy bombs. play the markets, drop more bombs, play the markets.....make billions. Thats the plan n/t
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:16 AM
13 hrs ago

BumRushDaShow

(169,433 posts)
9. Plus
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:45 AM
13 hrs ago

start bogus investigations of Democrats with no evidence, tear down and plan replacement (but without an actual plan) buildings in D.C., then bomb a fishing boat alleged to be a drug boat, etc.

Attilatheblond

(8,860 posts)
10. If Meidas Touch is correct, GOP is WAY too late with their 'attention to this matter'
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:32 AM
12 hrs ago

Meidas is saying some US bases in Middle East are moving personnel to hotels as the bases are being hit so hard by Iran, using Russian projectiles. US media is mostly under Trump's control, so are Americans in the dark about how badly Trump/Hegseth screwed up.

The GOP Congress has allowed Trump, who sure acts like a agent of Russia, to spend nearly a month spending money badly and now losing the war he started. If they don't take him out of office immediately, things are only going to get worse if they don't act now.

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Botany

(77,276 posts)
17. Get a ceasefire ASAP and do everything that is needed to secure and rescue our troops.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:33 PM
9 hrs ago

Guess the 82nd airborne, the U.S. Marines, and our special forces that are being sent there now all
have job #1 secure and rescue our people.

What a nightmare. 13 bases abandoned.

Attilatheblond

(8,860 posts)
22. When I read Trump/Hegseth wanted to have troops drop into Iran, I wondered...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:55 PM
8 hrs ago

Do those two idiots know those men would have to be re-supplied? Do they think those warriors can carry an endless supply of ammunition, food, water?

Those two overgrown infants don't give a damn about the troops or even the next hour.

IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE before more people die needlessly~

mb40

(8 posts)
11. That won't stop you from voting to let him have unlimited war powers without Congressional approval
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:43 AM
11 hrs ago

You made it so he doesn't have to tell you anything. Also, Mike Rogers, if you are trying to weasel out of culpability with this statement....you and the GOP own this war because of your votes and whatever he does is your fault. Hopefully this will result in the GOP getting pummeled in the midterms.

travelingthrulife

(5,161 posts)
12. But Mike, you told us the war was going wonderfully.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:49 AM
11 hrs ago

Maybe you losers should impeach the big orange loser today.

pandr32

(14,244 posts)
14. All is at the whim of a moldering madman.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:09 PM
10 hrs ago

One who has actual villains whispering in his ear, "Sir, you are so smart and everyone deserves your vengeance, because they don't appreciate you." As for the villains there are many and they are handing him gold trophies and billions of dollars. Some are grabbing right off the top of all the incoming cash, and some, at a distance, are being given prizes like top secrets.

LaMouffette

(2,639 posts)
15. What this means, I hope, is that these Repubes constituents have been calling them in large numbers to complain about
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:10 PM
9 hrs ago

Rump's war in Iran. Their Republican constituents, I should say.

If they didn't have any blow back from their Republican constituents, they wouldn't be pushing back on Rump.

I'm telling you, the Republican voters who got us into this God awful hellscape may turn out to be the ones who get us out of it, since Rump and his flying monkeys will be doing everything they can to suppress Democrat voters' votes, but not Republican voters' votes (although their efforts may backfire, since the SAVE Act will hurt Repub voters, too).

So if there are enough Republican voters who don't show up or who actually vote Democrat, we should be able to win in November and in 2028, despite Rump's efforts to stead the elections. I hope.

Bluetus

(2,755 posts)
16. He's asking the wrong people. The Pentagon doesn't know anything
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:26 PM
9 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:48 PM - Edit history (1)

The Pentagon has no strategy because they have no mission. All they are doing is answering the phone and doing what Trump tells them to do each day.

If you want answers, you need to talk to the Saudis, Netanyahu, and Putin. They are calling the shots. They seem like strange bedfellows, but they all have reasons for this war. And they are all different reasons, but they are each accomplishing what they want.

Bluetus

(2,755 posts)
25. And the American people are the losers
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:49 PM
7 hrs ago

or at least among the losers. The winners are the 0.001% I mean literally, the plan is for fewer than 100 people to control EVERYTHING on this planet.

Bluetus

(2,755 posts)
34. No. Not countries.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:17 PM
4 hrs ago

The people going for control have no allegiance to countries and no respect for any borders of sovereignty.

They are operating THROUGH countries today because that's how the ladder is built.

I am not so sure that China has ambitions of an authoritarian state where the Emperor of China holds everybody's fate in his hands. They have had no wars of conquest recently. and their meddling in the affairs of others has been mostly of self-preservation, IMHO. I would trust the Chinese long before the Saudis, for example.

The big threat is the Musks, Theils, Ellisons, Besos, Zuckerbergs etc. They have no allegiance to any country.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,567 posts)
21. If only there were something Republicans could do?
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:49 PM
8 hrs ago

We citizens might be able to help you solve some of your problems in about 8 months, if we make it that long.

popsdenver

(2,258 posts)
27. With all the Republicans are doing
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:16 PM
6 hrs ago

Now at WARP SPEED, it is dubious we will make it 8 months, and they also may be tampering with the election enough for it to be a massively rigged election in their favor.......

The Republicans will stop at nothing to establish a Tyranny Dictatorship, and they are 99.9% there already......
Then, they will change the name of our country from the United States of America...to The Corporate States of America, run by the corporations and the top 1%.................

PURE FASCISM........Fascism being defined as the merger of Corporations and Government.....

charliea

(332 posts)
31. Asking the wrong people!
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 04:44 PM
5 hrs ago

If you really wanted to know what the plan is you should talk to Netanyahu and MBS. We already know TSF is doing it because he wanted an Epstein distraction. Someone or some people convinced him that the populace rallies to the President in war, neglecting to consider that's if we're attacked.
Delusional idiot.

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