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

About this episode

Jim Townsend discusses the implications of a CIA assessment on Iran's military capabilities and the internal challenges facing the Pentagon.

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.

People in this episode

Host: Maddie Hale

Guest: Jim Townsend

Topics covered

• Iran war
• Pentagon
• military capabilities
• CIA assessment
• Trump
• defense policy

Keywords

• Trump
• Pentagon
• Iran
• CIA
• military
• defense
• John Kirby
• exodus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Pentagon, US Department of Defense

Places: Iran

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