Trump Cabinet Dismisses, Puts Newspaper Editor in "Secret" Signal Group - They Discussed Military Strikes in Yemen

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, made the surprising revelation on Monday that US President Donald Trump's national security team added him to a secret conversation about military strikes in Yemen.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz started the conversation on Signal, an encrypted messaging app, that included users identified as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

A CIA representative, Trump adviser Stephen Miller and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles were also listed in the group.

Goldberg, a journalist in Washington, DC, found himself added to the conversation, the Telegraph reports.

“It should go without saying — but I’ll say it anyway — that I’ve never been invited to a White House board of directors meeting and, in my many years of reporting on national security issues, I’ve never heard of one meeting over a commercial messaging app,” he wrote in The Atlantic.

The shocking story shows that operational details were inadvertently leaked. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News anchor, is now under scrutiny over the egregious failure.

Goldberg noted that “Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The bombs started falling in Yemen around 14 p.m.”

Trump told reporters at the White House that he had not seen the Atlantic story: "I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of the Atlantic. It's a magazine that's dying out."

When asked about the Signal conversation, Trump said: "It couldn't have been very effective, because the attack was very effective. I can tell you I don't know anything about it. You're telling me about this for the first time."

Goldberg outlined the strange tale, where he initially expressed disbelief about the text chain, questioned whether or not it was true, and then realized it was true when 'the bombs started falling.'

He admits that he "couldn't believe that the president's national security adviser would be so reckless as to include the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior US officials, even the vice president."

He appeared as 'JG' in the chat. It's unclear who Waltz meant to add, but Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, has the same initials, sparking speculation that it was meant to be him.

Goldberg did not disclose all the information in the conversation, citing national security concerns. /Telegraph/

⚡️It's a bombshell: a journalist was accidentally added to the Trump team's secret chat

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