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Mar 2025
27m 9s

Trump 2.0: Group Chat Fallout

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
About this episode

A journalist was added to a text thread with high-level Trump administration officials revealing plans for the timing and weapons to be used in a military strike against Houthi militants. Administration officials disputed that any classified information about the military operation had been shared. WSJ’s Nancy Youssef joins the chat with Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball to discuss the fallout of the group chat pinged ‘round the world. 


Further Reading:

-An Annotated Analysis of Signal Group Chat With Top Trump Officials 

-Hegseth Comes Under Scrutiny for Texting Strike Details as Fallout Grows 

-Democrats Are Taking Their Anger Out on Chuck Schumer 


Further Listening:

-Trump’s Attack on Big Law 

-Trump’s College Crackdown 

-Trump 2.0: A Showdown with the Judiciary 

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