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Mar 2025
31m 43s

Trump 2.0: Group Chats and a New Spat

The New York Times
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What does the continuing fallout from the Signal text security breach tell us about President Trump’s cabinet’s approach to blame and accountability? The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman sit down to make sense of the latest week. 
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