Three days in, and the situation is STILL a HOT MESS for Trump & Co.
Me thinks SOMEONE could get Fired by the end of the week….
GOP lawmakers turn up the pressure on Hegseth
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under close scrutiny as Republican lawmakers criticize his handling of sensitive military information in a group chat with other administration officials that inadvertently included a journalist.
Republican lawmakers have stopped short of calling on Hegseth to resign, but they’re warning that his decision to share sensitive details about a pending military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen over Signal, a commercial app, is a clear “strike” against him….
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio broke ranks and admitted ‘someone made a big mistake’ by adding a journalist to a secret group chat about military action in Yemen,” the Daily Beast reports.
“His remark at a news conference in Jamaica Wednesday contrasted sharply with those of other Trump administration officials who have sought to downplay the severity of the leaks.”
The Dispatch: Experts call use of Signal “unbelievably poor” security practice.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) and his ranking member counterpart Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) are seeking an independent investigation into the leak of classified war plans in a group chat, CBS News reports.
Playbook: “Although given that Trump fired all those inspectors general shortly after becoming president, it’s unclear how probing a probe would actually be.”
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Playbook: “There is no administration in the world — beyond this one — where a blunder of these proportions happens and nobody gets fired or resigns. Not in London. Not in Moscow. Not in Tokyo. Not in Pyongyang. Nowhere.”
This should be a HUGE story but the sad fact is that most Americans probably are shrugging it off. If anyone gets fired, it would be Waltz, and only because MAGA is mad that he apparently was a contact of Goldberg and other journalists.
The Administration thinks they can just deflect, attack others and ride it out, and unfortunately, recent history has proven them correct.
Sure, anti-Trump people are rightfully outraged, but that’s only about half the country. It needs to of course be mentioned that a whole lot of Democrats chose to shrug or make excuses when Hillary Clinton’s situation was in the news. Partisan trumps everything else for many.
The other half is composed of Trump voters, who are split between those who literally will excuse ANYTHING that he is ever a part of and the others who might think it looks bad but are only focused on what affects their daily lives and this is not it.
This is all a sad commentary on the country.
Well?
The Media has NOT let this go….
In fact it seems that MNORE reports are assigned to it each day….
Sure people are more worried about prices and their jobs….
Waltz seems to have had Trump’s back….
Then abandoned….
Hegseth I’d think is more likely to go since it appaers NOBODY likes the guy….
I’ve posted Trump is NOT happy with this in the spotlight….
The F-47 roll out lasted ten seconds….
The tariff story will last just till sundown….
The media wants some political blood….
Trump voters DO have their felons back…
But those who lost their jobs…
Or had someone close to them gone via ICE…
Or are afarid of losing their social secrity or VA benefits?
They just COULD vote Democratic in a specail election or midterm….
Trump IS digging HIMSELF and GOPer’s into a hole……
Sorry part is Trump’s right….
All his shit IS gonna HURT….
Trump was elected due to people who do not consume traditional media. This is a non-story to them.
MAGA loves Hegseth. Trump seems to like him doing exactly what he is doing.
You are in a bubble on these things.
Trump liked Gaetz
What do u think the 2 Florida Special will come out?
The Gaetz district will be won by the Republican statewide office holder by a very large margin.
The Republican will win the Waltz seat but it will be much closer than it would otherwise be because it is a special election and because the candidate is not a good one. The Democrat has a huge money advantage which raises the question why so many Democrats across the country are pouring resources there. Those donors better have enough left over for next year.
I just saw that Trump has today pulled Elise Stefanik’s nomination for UN Ambassador. She is going to be staying in the House. That is extremely curious and surprising.
Why?
Come ON!
Democrats are only 3 seats out from a Jeffies Speakership
U DID see they’re so scared they pulled the UN Ambassador pick to keep a GOP margin in the House?
Don’t matter….
Democrats get the House in next rotation
“I was informed that just minutes ago,” he said, adding he hadn’t yet had “a chance” to formulate a reaction.
The decision marks a remarkable blow to the congresswoman who turned from being a Trump skeptic to one of his strongest and loudest supporters – and who gave up a No. 4 leadership spot in the House GOP after Trump nominated her to the U.N. post.….
The Hill
Trump Pulls Elise Stefanik’s Nomination
The White House will withdraw the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Punchbowl News reports.
Politicalwire
Sure looks like they be scared?
The one Administration official to get fired over all of this wound up being Elise Stefanik.
Again….
The House IS going to the Democrats in less than 2 years……
Of Course…..
FBI Ignores Signal Chat Leak
Wall Street Journal: “In past years, such a breach would likely have given rise to a separate and more thorough investigation by the FBI and Justice Department’s national security division to assess the extent of the potential harm and whether any laws were violated. But top Justice Department officials appear not to be mounting such an inquiry.”
Maybe Democrats get the House in two years, but that is a long time from now. Democrats sure do not seem to be very popular right now.
But then what? Sure, it would be somewhat of a roadblock for Trump or Vance, but there is only so much that can be stopped, especially without the Senate.
Less than two years actually….
And ALL the GOPer’s BETTER STAY HEALTHY…..
A Democratic US House Majority would REALLY mess with Trump and the 2028 GOP nomination race…..
YES….
I’m lookig forward….
The present sucks politically…..
Harry Enten
Don’t be fooled: there’s a lot of interest in the Signal scandal. Googling for “The Atlantic” & “Signal” are way up to record highs.
Going in, more were disappointed with Trump’s admin picks than any president ever.
Hegseth is the least popular Sec of Defense since Rumsfeld!
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