Journalist added to group chat – minister sent war plans
Atlantic journalist and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat on the Signal app where Donald Trump's closest associates appear to have discussed and planned the attacks against the Houthi rebels.
Included in the chat “Houthi PC small group” were initials that correspond to, among others, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Two hours before the bombs began to fall, the Hegseth alias sent detailed plans regarding targets, weapons and the order of the attacks, writes Goldberg, who calls the use of this type of chat to share classified information a “shocking negligence”.
– This appears to be an authentic message chain and we are investigating how an accidental number was added to the chain, says Brian Hughes, spokesman for the US National Security Council, to The Atlantic.
Donald Trump has also commented on the chat, but he says he “knows nothing about” the matter, AFP reports.
Atlantic journalist and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat on the Signal app where Donald Trump's closest associates appear to have discussed and planned the attacks against the Houthi rebels.
Included in the chat “Houthi PC small group” were initials that correspond to, among others, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Two hours before the bombs began to fall, the Hegseth alias sent detailed plans regarding targets, weapons and the order of the attacks, writes Goldberg, who calls the use of this type of chat to share classified information a “shocking negligence”.
– This appears to be an authentic message chain and we are investigating how an accidental number was added to the chain, says Brian Hughes, spokesman for the US National Security Council, to The Atlantic.
Donald Trump has also commented on the chat, but he says he “knows nothing about” the matter, AFP reports.
JD Vance was against attacks – did not want to help Europe
US Vice President JD Vance was against the US attacks in Yemen and the reason was that he believed they would help Europe, according to messages in the group chat on the Signal app that The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to.
“I think we’re making a mistake,” Vance’s signature read, according to The Atlantic.
The vice president then argued that only 3 percent of US trade goes through the Suez Canal, but that 40 percent of Europe’s trade does.
“I’m not sure the president realizes how contradictory this is in relation to his current message about Europe,” Vance continued, according to the newspaper.
JD Vance, who publicly agrees with Donald Trump on basically everything, wrote that he would go along with it if the others in the group wanted to attack Yemen.
“I just hate having to save Europe again,” Vance added.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s signature expressed understanding of Vance’s position in the chat:
“I fully share your disdain for European free-riding. It’s pathetic.”
US Vice President JD Vance was against the US attacks in Yemen and the reason was that he believed they would help Europe, according to messages in the group chat on the Signal app that The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to.
“I think we’re making a mistake,” Vance’s signature read, according to The Atlantic.
The vice president then argued that only 3 percent of US trade goes through the Suez Canal, but that 40 percent of Europe’s trade does.
“I’m not sure the president realizes how contradictory this is in relation to his current message about Europe,” Vance continued, according to the newspaper.
JD Vance, who publicly agrees with Donald Trump on basically everything, wrote that he would go along with it if the others in the group wanted to attack Yemen.
“I just hate having to save Europe again,” Vance added.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s signature expressed understanding of Vance’s position in the chat:
“I fully share your disdain for European free-riding. It’s pathetic.”
Democrats slam: “Amateurs’ Night”
The fact that Donald Trump’s top ministers and aides added a journalist to a group chat where they discussed war plans for Yemen is shocking the Democratic part of the US Congress, writes Politico.
“Amateurs’ Night. These are the geniuses who are also selling out Ukraine and destroying our alliances around the world. No wonder Putin is humiliating them at the negotiating table,” writes Senator Ruben Gallego on X.
Others, who wish to remain anonymous, tell Politico that they are concerned about how classified information and US war plans are being handled.
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs tells Axios that this is not a simple mistake and that people should be fired. His congressman Chris Deluzio agrees.
“Heads should roll,” he says, according to Axios.
The fact that Donald Trump’s top ministers and aides added a journalist to a group chat where they discussed war plans for Yemen is shocking the Democratic part of the US Congress, writes Politico.
“Amateurs’ Night. These are the geniuses who are also selling out Ukraine and destroying our alliances around the world. No wonder Putin is humiliating them at the negotiating table,” writes Senator Ruben Gallego on X.
Others, who wish to remain anonymous, tell Politico that they are concerned about how classified information and US war plans are being handled.
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs tells Axios that this is not a simple mistake and that people should be fired. His congressman Chris Deluzio agrees.
“Heads should roll,” he says, according to Axios.
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