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    Home - USA politics - Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app lambasted as ‘amateur hour’

    Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app lambasted as ‘amateur hour’

    Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app lambasted as ‘amateur hour’

    Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app lambasted as ‘amateur hour’

    • WTX News Editor
    • March 24, 2025
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    Cliff Notes – Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app

    • A group chat on the Signal app involving Trump officials, discussing sensitive military plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen, was inadvertently exposed to Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic.
    • Confirmed by National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes, the authenticity of the leaked messages raises serious security concerns and may potentially violate the Espionage Act.
    • Criticism from lawmakers includes the term “FUBAR,” indicating substantial disapproval of the unprofessional conduct displayed during a critical military discussion.

    Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app lambasted as ‘amateur hour’ 

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s epic fumble—he accidentally added a reporter to a secret Yemen strike group chat, spilling the beans on weapons, targets, and timing.

    Despite the damning evidence, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is alleged to have shared details of planned military strikes in the chat group, tells reporters “nobody was texting war plans”

    “FUBAR”.

    That’s one congressman’s response to the jaw-dropping news that Trump officials discussed war plans in a group chat on the Signal app.

    It’s an old military acronym meaning ‘F***ed up beyond recognition” or “…beyond repair”.

    Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, reports he was accidentally added to an encrypted messaging group.

    Pete Hegseth texted war plans to a reporter at The Atlantic.
    Pete Hegseth texted war plans to a reporter at The Atlantic.

    The conversation appeared to include vice president JD Vance, defence secretary Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike Waltz.

    They were discussing highly sensitive security information relating to an impending attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen.

    “I didn’t think it could be real,” writes Goldberg, “… then the bombs started falling”.

    Political commentator Yvonne Ridley commentated on the incident and said “I don’t think Secretary of Defence Hegseth sent that text out ‘Accidentally’ I think it was an Accidental Text on Purpose so that they could let the EU know what they really think of them. Clearly it worked.”

    War plans in a group chat on the Signal app

    Below are the screenshots of the conversation that took place in an unsecure environment where the vice president was discussing war plans in a group chat on the Signal app that was speculatively disclosed to Atlantic reporter.

    Sensitive government communications are required to take place in a sealed-off room called a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). These procedures are in place to prevent this exact type of calamity from happening.

    Trump officials discussing war plans on messaging app lambasted as 'amateur hour'
     Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s epic fumble—he accidentally added a reporter to a secret Yemen strike group chat, spilling the beans on weapons, targets, and timing.
    Full transcript of Houthi attack chat on Signal
    Secret US military plans leaked on group chat

    A group chat on the Signal app involving Trump officials, discussing sensitive military plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen, was inadvertently exposed to Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic.
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