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390. Barbara Starr. Hegseth is SecDef Drama. “This is Someone Who is Afraid.” Trump’s New National Defense Strategy is Awesome…For Putin. Signalgate & the Pentagon Propaganda Corps. Pearl Harbor Lessons. Manosphere Monday, World Cup, *NSYNC & The Dodgers.
This episode goes straight to the heart of Trump’s chaotic Pentagon with one of the most respected national security reporters in America, Barbara Starr. In this all–new Manosphere Monday, Paul and Barbara dig into the debate around the boat strikes off Venezuela, war crime allegations, “Signalgate,” Trump’s new defense strategy and what happens when the guardrails that protect U.S. troops start coming off.
Barbara explains why she’s never seen anything like Pete Hegseth’s drama-fueled Pentagon, how the new “propaganda press corps” replacing traditional reporters in the briefing room is…
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