34-min deep-dive analysis

*The economic nonsense and forthcoming damage --- beginning w US manufacturers, farmers, and consumers --- of #TrumpTariffs

*Is #Trump going to break up w #ElonMusk?

*The in-fighting that could topple Nat'l Security Advisor #MikeWaltz

The meeting came after a recent string of social media attacks by Loomer on #Trump administration officials, including Alex Wong, the dpty #NationalSecurity adviser. Wong’s boss, #MikeWaltz, has been under fire…for more than a week after…[his #Signal Houthi PC group chat was exposed].

…But Loomer…questioned Wong’s loyalty to the admin because his wife worked as a #DOJ lawyer during the #Biden & #Obama admins, & because her father had been a large shareholder in a Chinese satellite maker.

Loomer walked into the WH with a sheaf of papers, which amounted to a mass of opposition research attacking the character & loyalty of numerous #NSC ofcls. She proceeded to excoriate them in front of their boss, the #NationalSecurity adviser #MikeWaltz, who was also in the meeting.

Loomer’s rhetoric & actions have been so #extreme that she has alienated others even on the #FarRight. She has shared a #ConspiracyTheory on social media calling the Sept 11th 2001, terrorist attacks an “inside job.”

#MikeWaltz has had less sensitive, but potentially exploitable information sent to his #Gmail, such as his schedule & other work documents, said ofcls, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe what they viewed as problematic handling of information. The ofcls said Waltz would sometimes copy & paste from his schedule into #Signal to coordinate meetings & discussions.

A snr #MikeWaltz aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations w/colleagues at other govt agencies involving sensitive #military positions & powerful #weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, acc/to emails reviewed by WaPo. While the #NSC official used his #Gmail account, his interagency colleagues used govt-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show.

Members of #Trump’s #NationalSecurity Council #NSC, including WH #NationalSecurity adviser #MikeWaltz, have conducted govt business over personal #Gmail accounts, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo & interviews with three #US officials.

#SundayShowdown

#DonCapone was more upset his Nat'l Security Advisor #MikeWaltz had a reporter's number on his phone than the fact his team incompetently leaked a live discussion of a live military operation with potentially catastrophic consequences.

On Wed evening, #Trump met w/VP #JDVance; the WH chief of staff, #SusieWiles; the WH personnel chief, #SergioGor; his Mideast envoy, #SteveWitkoff, & others about whether to stick w/ #MikeWaltz.

Late Thurs, as the controversy swirled, Trump summoned Waltz to the Oval Office. By the next morning, Trump signaled to people around him that he was willing to stick w/Waltz….

#CommanderInChief? #Unfit #NationalSecurity #Signal #SignalGate #law #military #OpSec