Top U.S. officials mistakenly texted war plans to one of the president’s most-hated journalists, The Atlantic revealed Monday—a shocking oversight by those in Donald Trump’s administration.
The bombshell report showed screenshots of a lengthy thread on the messaging app Signal, which included should-be-clandestine texts from Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and others.
Those messages were about the logistics of—and apparent need for—a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen on March 14. That strike, to “send a message” and to help clear Middle East shipping lanes, was ultimately carried out and killed 53 people.
The messages, which a White House National Security Council spokesperson said Monday appeared to be “authentic,” gave unprecedented insight into how the Trump Administration communicates behind closed doors.
Among the dozens of texts viewed by The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, included Vance expressing reservations with the strike requested by Trump—a break from the VP’s unwavering public backing of seemingly all of the president’s decisions.
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