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National Security by Group Chat

National Security by Group Chat

The leaked Signal thread on the Yemen strike shows how Trump’s second-term war council traded discipline for speed—and secrecy for spectacle.

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Sensitive messages mistakenly shared with a reporter reveal Trump’s inner circle unfiltered – a who’s who of loyalists debating, celebrating, and spinning a Yemen strike. The breach exposes contradictions in an administration that prizes loyalty over protocol, and raises alarms about how national security is handled behind closed doors.

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The ‘Houthi PC’ Group: Decoding Trump’s Inner Circle

The Signal group chat at the center of this firestorm – labeled “Houthi PC small group” – was essentially a virtual Situation Room of President Trump’s national security inner circle. Its roster reads like a who’s who of Trump’s most loyal advisers, many of whom were profiled in Morning Truth’s “Trump’s Circle” series. Each participant appeared as a name or set of initials in the chat, and the identities behind them underscore just ho…

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