Journalist Included in Private Trump Administration Signal Chat About Military Attacks Against Houthis
March 25th, 2025How did they get classified information onto Signal? Or, how did Signal get installed on classified systems?
Why was the journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, included?
Hmm…
Via: Daily Mail:
MPs voiced fury today after an extraordinary security bungle revealed some of President Donald Trump’s most senior team condemning Europe as ‘pathetic freeloaders’.
A bombshell exchange on the Signal messaging app – accidentally shared with a journalist – showed an elite group including Vice-President JD Vance, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth and national security advisor Michael Waltz voicing ‘loathing’ for their long-term European allies.
They also discussed how to get money out of European countries in return for US military strikes intended to stop Houthis rebels disrupting critical shipping routes in the Red Sea.
But UK politicians said the glimpse behind the scenes showed America was ‘unreliable’ and accused them of plotting ‘extortion’. One normally US-friendly MP described the situation as a ‘nightmare’ and warned Europe must ‘take it seriously and not think it’s just casual chat’.
The brutal barbs in the conversation underline the gaps that have opened up between the US and Europe since Mr Trump returned to the White House – which appear to go far wider than the fate of Ukraine.
Bizarrely, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg was added to the confidential chat.
Mr Goldberg revealed it contained a large volume of highly classified information, publishing details of the conversation on Monday.
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