The Far-Reaching Consequences of SignalGate

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As the Trump team scrambles to contain the fallout over the signal scandal, former Republican Senator and U.S. Defense Secretary under President Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, talked to Christiane about the far-reaching consequences of this blunder. Then she speaks with best-selling author Michael Lewis and satirist W. Kamau Bell, about their new book called, "Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service.," which profiles the civil servants being targeted by the new administration in their federal government cuts. Plus, Ivan Watson reports on the hundreds of people trapped inside “scam compounds” in the warlord-controlled border region of Myanmar, the nexus of a billion-dollar scam industry, where hundreds of thousands of trafficked people have been working as modern slaves, conning victims around the world out of their savings. Then, as “The Sound of Music" turns 60, Christiane revisits her conversation with Julie Andrews about her legendary career and some behind-the-scenes moments. Plus, as the administration's foreign aid cut halt the critical cleanup of Agent Orange and other diplomatic efforts in Vietnam, Christiane's 60 Minutes report highlights the devastating impact of the toxic chemical on the local population and U.S. vets alike, and the reason for the much-needed U.S. assistance to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Ammonpore Hour.
0:10.0	Here's where we're headed this week.
0:13.0	War plans lies in security breaches as team Trump blames the messenger for Signalgate.
0:19.0	Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel joins, on how it should have been done.
0:23.6	Is this gross incompetence? Is it recklessness?
0:27.6	Is it both? It's certainly confusion.
0:30.6	Then, as Musk slashes thousands of government jobs, the untold story of public service.
0:38.3	Michael Lewis and W. Kamau Bell discuss their new book, Who is Government?
0:44.3	And a remarkable report from Myanmar, Ivan Watson on modern-day slavery, the billion-dollar scam industry.
0:52.3	Plus, 60 years since the Hills came alive with the sound of music,
0:57.0	legendary actress Julie Andrews, with some behind-the-scenes gossip.
1:01.0	It's not just red carpets and tiaras in glamour. It really isn't.
1:07.0	Also, while Trump's foreign aid cuts halt the critical Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam,
1:12.7	from my archives, it's devastating effects during that war on the local population and American vets.
1:23.4	Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London.
1:27.2	And sad to report that it's been a week of fear and loathing coming from Washington to Europe and its allies. First, Signalgate revealed not just a stunning breach of classified information, but also what the Trump folks apparently really think of Europe. Pathetic, freeloers, according to the Veep and Secretary of Defense.
1:46.4	And then Trump hits them and everyone else with a massive 25% tariff on all imported cars,
1:52.7	ratcheting up the global trade war.
1:55.4	In shock, but still diplomatic, here's how the president of the European Council responded
2:00.4	when I asked him about fraying relations with the United States.
2:05.4	We must cherish this longstanding relationship because it's a very good relationship for Americans and a very good relationship for Europeans.
2:16.6	It's a win-win alliance,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.