SignalGate Scandal and Trump’s Ukraine Frustrations: A Political Firestorm

The podcast probes whether a Muslim can lead within the GOP, spotlighting Dr. Oz, a secular Muslim endorsed by Trump for Senate and now tapped to head Medicare and Medicaid—contrasting with Cobb County’s recent rejection of a Muslim party chair. It dives into the SignalGate controversy, where Sunday shows obsessed over the encrypted app after Jeffrey Goldberg challenged Mike Waltz’s claim that phone numbers don’t auto-sync, amid a leaked chat exposing military plans. The deep state allegedly targets Pete Hegseth for removal, preferring a confirmable replacement, while Waltz, who took blame, escapes scrutiny despite his conventional Republican leanings and murky ties to Goldberg. Meanwhile, Trump fumes at Zelensky over a rare earth deal as Putin demands his ouster, with a timely New York Times article threatening to derail Trump’s Ukraine-Russia peace efforts.

Will you let a Muslim serve in your party? Dr. Oz identifies as a secular Muslim and Donald Trump endorsed Dr. Oz for senate. And now Dr. Oz is appointed to lead Medicare and Medicaid. The reason for the question is Cobb County recently did not allow a Muslim to chair their party.
Signal, there is something about it that is interesting. All of the morning shows on Sunday had nothing to talk about other than Signal. Remember NSA doesn’t have to be confirmed. Goldberg pushes back on Waltz: phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones.
The deep state wants Pete Hegseth gone. They want someone that will be put forward that has to be confirmed. There are no calls for Waltz to be removed even though he took the blame for it. The deep state will be ok if Waltz stays and Hegseth is gone. They are trying to think of all these ways that Goldberg is on the chat. Ratcliffe said that the CIA loaded the app on his computer and devices when he got there. Who gave Mike Waltz a new government issue phone with Signal on it with Jeff Goldberg having access to the chat. There are some things that are not clear. Mike Waltz led people to believe that he had no communication with Goldberg but there are reports that differ. Did Waltz have Goldbergs number? And Waltz is less MAGA and more a conventional republican.
Trump is angry with Zelensky. Zelensky is wanting to negotiate the rare earth deal. Putin says that Zelensky is not going to stay. Zelensky and his parliament has to go.
NY Times article comes out at opportune time to interrupt the peace deal.