# Trump’s Pentagon ‘can’t deal with him anymore’ as mass exodus grows | Jim Townsend

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Podcast: [The Trump Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trump-report-7360685)
Published: 2026-05-08T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/trump-report/episodes/trumps-pentagon-cant-deal-with-him-anymore-as-mass-exodus-gr
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Jim Townsend, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO, joins Maddie Hale to discuss the latest on the Iran war, a CIA assessment contradicts Donald Trump’s claims about Iran’s military capabilities and former Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says there’s now a “real chilling effect” inside the Pentagon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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