The war-planning group had been kept so tight that the two key officials who would need to manage the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, were excluded, as was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence.

Not including the DNI in war planning is insane. And not a single one of the sycophant advisors offered any real opinion.

Somehow I keep being surprised at the incompetence.

The “big red button” is a metaphor.