White House cracked open

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Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple joined Morning Joe to discuss his new high-profile exposé on White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, based on 11 interviews, during which Wiles said President Donald Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” called Vice President JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and concluded that Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files. "Chris, I've known you for a while. You can be a very charming guy, but charming doesn't cover 11 sit downs with the chief of staff of the White House….Over the course of 11 interviews, did she ever once say, you know, ‘what is this for?'” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of Whipple. Hear Whipple’s answer and learn a little more about the making of this deeply reported profile of Wiles.

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White House cracked open

Who’s to Blame?

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Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Katty Kay and Mike Barnicle as they weigh in on the latest regarding the Trump Administration’s controversial boat strike operations as Navy Adm. Frank Bradley, who was authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order a controversial Sept. 2 follow-up strike that reportedly killed the last two survivors of a Venezuelan boat targeted for suspected drug smuggling, is set to brief senior members of the Senate and House Armed Services committees on the Trump administration’s actions. “The darkest element of this is clearly, in my mind, the concerted effort to hang out Admiral Bradley…You cannot find a single person in the upper echelon of the Pentagon who has been there for the past five, six, ten years, who will not tell you that Frank Bradley has the highest credentials in terms of character, courage and competence,” says Barnicle about the public appearance that the Trump Administration is laying responsibility for the second strike that the killed survivors on Adm. Bradley rather than on Secretary Hegseth.

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Who’s to Blame?