Trump officials shared military plans in unclassified chat with a journalist. Fortunately the journalist was the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. Initially he did not think it was real.
Top officials in the Trump administration discussed highly sensitive military planning using an unclassified chat application.
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary Of Defense who according to the Atlantic’s report disclosed to the group how the Yemen strike would take shape before it occurred, forcefully denied any wrongdoing and attacked Goldberg in personal terms — calling him a “deceitful” journalist who “peddles in garbage.”
“Nobody was texting war plans,” Hegseth told reporters after landing in Hawaii late Monday, “and that’s all I have about that.”
The distraction was obvious. Hegseth, according to the Atlantic’s report, responded a short time later that he understood Vance’s concerns and fully supported the vice president raising them with Trump. The defense secretary then added that the “messaging is going to be tough no matter what” because “nobody knows who the Houthis are,” and so those who will announce the operation should aim to convince the American public that “1) Biden failed & 2) Iran funded.” Those were apparent references to the Biden administration not being able to stop Houthi attacks, which the militant group began in response to Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, and Tehran’s long-standing backing of the group.
The effort was trying to divert your attention after a major screwup. The Keystone Cops are alive and well.
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