The Stone Zone | 04-22-25
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Summary
Pete Hegseth will not be leaving the Trump administration, and America's General Michael Flynn joins us on the show to talk about why the Deep State is trying to smear our own Secretary of Defense, and why he should stay in the administration.
Transcript
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The Stone Zone, on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
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Later on, we're going to be joined by America's General, General Michael Flynn,
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who served as the Director of Defense Intelligence,
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the highest-serving military intelligence officer in our government,
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and later as President Trump's first national security advisor.
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General Flynn was, of course, viciously smeared and baselessly attacked in the Russian collusion hoax,
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but through the grace of God, he not only has survived, but he has been fully exonerated.
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In the meantime, the deep state has targeted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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National Public Radio reported only days ago that Secretary Hegseth would be leaving the Trump administration.
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and President Donald Trump has full faith in him,
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continuing to serve as our Secretary of Defense.
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Let's listen to Pete Hegseth himself address this this past Sunday
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You know, what a big surprise that a bunch of, a few leakers get fired
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from the same media that peddled the Russia hoax,
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Pulitzers for a bunch of lies and on hoaxes time and time and time again.
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And as they peddle those lies, no one ever calls them on it.
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They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees,
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and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations.
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putting the Pentagon back in the hands of warfighters,
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and anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news.
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So I'm happy to be here at the Easter egg roll with my dad and my kids.
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Because, you know, this is what we're doing it for.
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This is why we're fighting the fake news media.
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This is why we're fighting slash and burn Democrats.
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that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind,
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and then you put it all together as if it's some news story.
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And when we know it, we know exactly what it is.
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So I'm really proud of what we're doing for the President,
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and I'm going to go roll some Easter eggs with my kids.
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and we are going to continue fighting on the same page all the way.
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Perhaps the real reason why the neocons and their allies in the fake news media
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are trying to smear Pete Hegseth is because Secretary of Defense Hegseth,
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and the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard,
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along with the first woman White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles,
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argued successfully with the President against launching an attack on Iran,
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The New York Times claimed that Hegseth created a Signal chat in January entitled Defense Team Huddle,
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which included his wife and other members of his professional inner circle,
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and used a private phone instead of his government-issued phone to access the Signal chat.
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Two people familiar with the chat said that the separate Signal group
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had been created as a way to discuss routine scheduling and administrative information,
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and Hegseth did not use the chat to discuss any sensitive military operations.
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One U.S. official told the outlet regarding the chat,
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the truth is there was an informal group chat that started before confirmation of his close advisors.
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Absolutely nothing classified was ever discussed in that chat.
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White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told Fox News in the wake of the New York Times report,
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No matter how many times the legacy media tries to resurrect the same non-story,
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they can't change the fact that no classified information was shared.
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Recently fired leakers are continuing to misrepresent the truth to soothe their shattered egos
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but the administration will continue to hold them accountable.
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said the President stands strongly behind Secretary Hegseth,
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who's doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon.
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ABC News yesterday falsely claimed that 18 U.S. intelligence agencies
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that there was no coordination between the violent gang Tren de Aragua
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I spoke personally to the Director of National Intelligence,
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They are organized and they have a command structure
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President Donald Trump first invoked the act in March,
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declaring that the violent gang is closely aligned with,
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including its military and law enforcement apparatus.
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which claims that the intelligence community says
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that Venezuela is not connected to this violent terrorist gang,
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It's a propaganda front for the Democrats and the radical left.
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ABC News previously has had to fire its top reporter,
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had directed him to make contact with Russian officials
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Yet another lie published and propagated by ABC News.
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The Venezuelan terrorist gang has not only been designated
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but it has been treated as such across South America,
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who I think may be the best Secretary of the Treasury
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made important remarks on the U.S.-China trade war,
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with former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
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In another interesting article by the Zero Hedge,
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probably former Attorney General John Ashcroft,
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no one thinks the current status quo is sustainable.
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referring to tariff rates at their current levels,
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while speaking to a private investor summit in Washington.
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In addition to calling the tariff standoff with China unsustainable,
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Besant added that he expects the situation to de-escalate.
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Besant said that he believes the prospect of de-escalation
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should give the world, the markets, a sigh of relief.
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ratcheting up tariffs on China imports to 145%,
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and China retaliating with 125% duties on American goods,
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The White House Press Secretary, Caroline Levitt,
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in a news briefing said that the progress is being made on trade deals,
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and that the ball is moving in the right direction with China.
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This follows a Politico report that may take months for the U.S.
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to reach final trade negotiations with certain countries.
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Besant noted that the negotiations with China are likely to be a slog.
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they will have no choice but to reach agreement.
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I must say anyone who thinks you can get him to back down
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This follows a directive from President Donald Trump.
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of federally sanctioned suppression of free speech.
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monitor disinformation about the 2020 election.
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I mean, it's just an amazing historical experience