‘Never Seen a Story Like This’: Bombshell Report On Trump’s Leaked War Plans Sends Shockwaves Through Washington
A report from the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic that Trump National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accidentally included him in a group chat wherein top White House officials discussed war plans in Yemen sent ripples throughout Washington on Monday.
Jeffrey Goldberg published the stunning report Monday morning in which he disclosed he was added to a text chain on March 11 on the Signal app along with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
In the conversation, military action against Houthi rebels in Yemen was discussed in vivid detail. Goldberg wrote:
I accepted the connection request, hoping that this was the actual national security adviser, and that he wanted to chat about Ukraine, or Iran, or some other important matter.
Two days later—Thursday—at 4:28 p.m., I received a notice that I was to be included in a Signal chat group. It was called the “Houthi PC small group.” A message to the group, from “Michael Waltz,” read as follows: “Team – establishing a principles [sic] group for coordination on Houthis, particularly for over the next 72 hours. My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the Sit Room this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening.
Goldberg went on to disclose Hegseth, Vance, and Waltz discussed military action in Yemen that later took place. Goldberg declined to publish some text excerpts and concluded:
What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.
The report shocked lawmakers and journalists who shared their reactions on social media:
