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Apr 2025
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Has Trump's Pentagon “trial run“ blown u...

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It's not the first time America's Defense Secretary has leaked Pentagon battle plans. Last month he shared details of a strike attack against the Houthis with an Atlantic journalist by mistake. This time another Signal group has been discovered with sensitive contents - this time including his wife, brother and...his lawyer. So why hasn't he been fired? And is Pete Hegseth proving too chaotic even for Trump?

We speak to Trump's former Director of Communications, Michael Dubke, about what is really going on in the White House.

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