Trump edition: Breaking the Pentagon

Donald Trump's defence secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified
information on an unsecured group chat - not once but twice,
according to new details that emerged this week. But the real
turbulence shaking the Pentagon isn’t just about loose digital
lips. It’s deeper: a toxic mix of internal rivalries, leadership
clashes, and a crumbling sense of morale at the very top of
America's defence hierarchy.


To unpack the chaos, we speak to Kathleen McInnis, senior fellow
in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies, former Pentagon staffer and
author of a novel about life inside the defence department. She
explains why encrypted apps like Signal are favored in Hegseth’s
circles — and what life is really like behind the walls of the
Pentagon.


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