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PREVIEW: Trump confidant caught spilling the beans
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PREVIEW: Trump confidant caught spilling the beans

Morning newscast for December 17, 2025

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Transcript:

A Trump insider, in fact, his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is now saying the quiet part out loud, and it is worse than you think. One of Trump’s closest confidants is on the record admitting major decisions are being made on mere whims. The tariffs were painful. They still are, and Trump doesn’t seem to even understand what key agencies do. And of course, yes, he’s in the Epstein files. They should not have allowed her to talk to the press. That’s clear.

We are then going to look at Karoline Leavitt, including her response trying to clean up the Susie Wiles mess as she loses control of the narrative. She was asked simple questions. She can’t explain what’s wrong with it. She can only attack reporters.

We also have the Trump administration flat out confirming you’re not going to get the video of the alleged war crime double tap strike on the alleged narco-trafficking boat-goers. And the reason why? Well, it doesn’t make any sense. We’ll hear from Pete Hegseth,

Plus a sign of Trump’s decline that I haven’t heard anybody talk about, and it has to do with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Rob Reiner. We will discuss it. It’s not a gaffe, it’s not a slip, it’s something more revealing.

And finally, Republicans are starting to crack, and a Fox News panel gets steamrolled when the economic myths are debunked live.

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