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🗓️ 23 April 2025
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Let's talk about Trump and mixed signals on Hegseth....
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0:00.0 | Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. |
0:05.0 | So today, we're going to talk about Trump giving mixed signals about HegSus Future. |
0:11.0 | So, the Trump administration appears to be somewhat divided about Secretary of Defense HegS |
0:17.0 | future after the latest signal controversy. If you missed it, news broke of another |
0:22.9 | signal group chat that reportedly contained more people that did not have a need to know |
0:28.0 | the information being discussed in it. In public, it looks like the administration is trying to |
0:34.0 | send the image that they're standing behind HeSeth. But rumors of more revelations to |
0:39.8 | come and reports that Trump administration insiders are telling the press that Trump is already |
0:45.5 | shopping for a new sect-def are undercutting the White House's messaging. It's important to remember |
0:52.1 | that this was the same dynamic that occurred right before we found |
0:56.2 | out Elon was being guided toward the door. |
0:59.5 | The short version of the internal dynamics at the White House, according to reports, |
1:04.4 | is that the White House is simultaneously telling the press that Hexeth is great and they'll keep him around and also |
1:12.9 | actively looking for his replacement. Even if Trump was willing to stand behind Hegeseth over |
1:19.9 | the possible disclosure of sensitive information, there are other issues. A former Defense Department |
1:26.5 | spokesperson just published an op-ed, describing |
1:30.2 | Hegss Pentagon as being in quote, full-blown meltdown. The op-ed also indicates the |
1:38.1 | belief that the situation is so bad, it's actually hurting Trump's ability to do his job. There's been a wave of people leaving |
1:46.5 | the Pentagon. And now you have Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives saying it might be a good |
1:53.8 | idea for Hexeth to be replaced. Representative Don Bacon, who's kind of a big deal Republican in the House Armed Services Committee, |
2:03.3 | said that Republicans were uneasy with Heggseth to begin with, but the events since his confirmation |
2:09.8 | have made them downright nervous. Representative Bacon said, quote, I like him on Fox, but does he have the experience to lead one of the largest organizations in the world? That's a concern. |
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