A former White House Communications Director has voiced his serious fears over national security due to the most recent scandals from the Trump administration.
Speaking on Katty Kay's podcast 'The Rest is Politics US,' Anthony Scaramucci, who worked in the White House in 2017, expressed alarm. He stated: "I'm terrified! There are former cabinet officials that I talk to all the time in the Secretary of Defence. Terrified."
His comments follow 'SignalGate,' where Mike Waltz, a national security advisor under Trump, mistakenly included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg into a Signal chat group with high-level discussions about bombing Yemen.
Jeffrey Goldberg addressed the incident on NBC's Meet the Press, dismissing Mike Waltz's excuse that his number had been unintentionally 'sucked' into his phone, saying: "This isn't 'The Matrix'.
"Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones. You know, very frequently in journalism, the most obvious explanation is the explanation. My phone number was in his phone because my phone number is in his phone."
In the midst of 'SignalGate', whispers are growing louder about the level of classified intel being flashed around those without clearance, particularly with buzz that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth may be nonchalantly sharing secrets with his partner, reports the Irish Star.
The Wall Street Journal has thrown a spotlight on Mr Hegseth, revealing he's had his wife sit in on sensitive Defence Department briefings that even featured foreign dignitaries—a move that has left pundits and the public gobsmacked as calls for his resignation mount.
As these dramas unfold, Trump is gearing up to drop his so-called 'Liberation Day' tariff bomb on the world—an act poised to not just slash UK jobs but also jack up prices for Joe Public in the States.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is rolling up his sleeves in an effort to soften the tariff blowback for Britain, engaging with Yank officials to avoid a trade scuffle while Europe and Canada stand shoulder to shoulder.
And while Starmer stands his ground, opting not to go tit-for-tat with the US over its economic onslaught against allies, the Liberal Democrats are urging the PM to clap back at what they call an "unreliable partner".
In a statement released last night, the Liberal Democrats' foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller expressed his concerns: "Trump has shown himself to be an unreliable partner on the economy.
"No one, not even the US's oldest allies, are safe from the economic harm reaped by this White House. We need to end this trade war as quickly as possible."
He further suggested: "That means working with our Canadian and European allies in a united front against Trump, including retaliatory tariffs where necessary – as well as negotiating a bespoke new customs union agreement with the EU to better protect British businesses."
However, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson urged for a measured response to the impending tariffs. Speaking to the BBC, she said: "I think what [the British people] want, and what business and industry wants, is to for us to maintain a calm and quite pragmatic approach during this time and not engage in a kneejerk response, because the last thing that anybody would want is a trade war with the US."