Hillary Clinton had a brutal response to the Trump administration accidentally sending war plans into a group chat that included journalists.
The Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg claims he was accidentally sent to a Signal message group where some of Trump’s officials communicate.
He said the group included Vice-President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who were allegedly discussing plans for US strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
He claimed the request to join the conversation came from an account that looked like White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz but he ‘did not assume that the request was from the actual Michael Waltz’.
Trump spoke to NBC news: “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.
“It was one of Michael’s people on the phone,” Trump added. “A staffer had [Goldberg’s] number on there.”
Hillary Clinton has hit back at the slip. Taking to X, Clinton shared a screenshot with the caption “You have got to be kidding me.”
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1904263639605084512
He claimed that he had viewed classified military material ‘including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying’ only hours before the bombs hit.
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said: “At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic. We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.
“The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy co-ordination between senior officials.”
Speaking to PBS, Goldberg said: “If they were going to pick an errant phone number, I mean at least it wasn’t somebody who supported the Houthis, because they were actually handing out information that I believe could have endangered the lives of American service people who were involved in that operation.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared the following statement: “The attacks on the Houthis have been highly successful and effective.
“President Trump continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.”
