Pentagon Exodus Under Hegseth, Venezuela Oil and Democracy, Clancy Trial Deadlocked
The episode examines three major stories: the erosion of U.S. military leadership under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial dismissals, the moral and strategic contradiction in Trump’s Venezuela policy—overthrowing a dictatorship only to partner with its successor on oil while
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