The Daily Blast: Trump Text Fiasco Suddenly Worsens as MAGA Knives Come Out for Hegseth

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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President Donald Trump’s own allies are beginning to turn on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Politico reports. White House and Pentagon insiders are increasingly questioning Hegseth’s judgment, and see him as the culprit in the disastrous news that Trump’s top advisers discussed war plans in an insecure chat. Yet there’s little indication that Trumpworld is ready for the next Hegseth fiasco, even as Trump allies clearly are bracing for his tenure to get worse. We talked to Jennifer Rubin, co-founder and editor in chief of The Contrarian Substack, who explains how this scandal is revealing the sheer arrogace and untouchability that’s consumed Trump and his team, and why this will grow more politically untenable for them. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.7	The knives are out for Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth. Politico reports that White House and
1:30.5	Pentagon insiders are increasingly questioning Hegset's judgment and see him as the
1:35.9	culprit in the disastrous news that Trump's top advisors discussed war plans in an insecure chat,
1:42.5	a scandal that continues to shake the administration.
1:45.9	This comes as a poll finds that 74% of Americans see the leak as a serious problem, including
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