President Donald Trump said that he did not know 'nothing' about an extraordinary infringement of security in which a magazine editor was unintentionally included in a group cat with his entire security team strategically about an upcoming military attack.
The stunning revelations came on Monday afternoon, after the Atlantic Ocean reported about breathtaking revelations that editor Jeffrey Goldberg was invited to participate in a chat about the signal of the message act with internal debates before the US performed military strikes in Houthi goals in Yemen.
Part of the material was so sensitive that the magazine decided not to publish it, but the article of the Group Chat contained vice president JD Vance who was raising arguments against the decision to achieve the goals. “Pete Hegseeth, the Minister of Defense, had sent me the war plan at 11:44 am” – about two hours before it happened on March 15, Goldberg wrote.
The signal app is not classified, although it is often used in the private sector as a form of safe communication. Usually internal conversations about an impending military operation must be held with the help of secure facilities.
“I don't know anything about it,” Trump said when he was asked during an event of the White House with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry almost three hours after the story was posted, causing shock waves to be sent by the security company.
Then Trump quickly turned to attack the magazine.
'I am not a big fan of the Atlantic Ocean, for me it is a magazine that goes bankrupt. I think it's not really a magazine, “said Trump about the publication, which was founded in 1857.
“I don't know anything about it,” President Trump said when he was asked about Bombshell elements that an editor was actually admitted to a group at a highest level of his security team for a military operation
“I don't know anything about it. You say they had something? “He asked a reporter for guidance about what they were talking about. His questioner informed him that he asked about the Houthis – the group who intensified attacks on shipping drives and American ships in the midst of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
“The Houthis? Do you mean the attack on the Houthis? Well, it could not have been very effective because the attack was very effective, I can tell you that. I don't know anything about it. You tell me about it for the first time, “Trump said.
Trump had a similar response last month when he was asked for a magazine coverage that suggested that Elon Musk was behind the determined desk in the Oval Office.
'Is Time Magazine still in business? I didn't even know that, “Trump said.
The National Security Council confirmed that the chat with Goldberg seemed to be authentic.
The bizarre saga began when Goldberg received a request to connect to Signal from Michael Waltz, the name of the White House National Security Advisor.
'Pete Hegseeth, the Minister of Defense, had sent me the war plan at 11:44 am'
The chat started by Trump National Security Adviser Mike Waltz
Vice President JD Vance (left) and Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth (Right) belonged to the officials in the group cat
The Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was included in a Trump administration cat on national security issues
Vice President JD Vance weighed concerned about the operation
“I accepted the connection request, in the hope that this was the actual national security adviser and that he wanted to talk about Ukraine or Iran, or another important issue,” Goldberg wrote.
'Two days later – Thursday – at 4:28 PM I received a message that I would be included in a signal chat group. It was called the “Houthi PC Small Group”. 'Some of the most revealing information came from Trump's Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth, 44, a former Fox News -Gastheer.
So the recording of Goldberg in the chat started with an ultra high level. He would only summarize some content. What he would say, “To illustrate the shocking recklessness of this signal interview, is that the HegseThpost contained operational details of coming strikes on Yemen, including information about goals, weapons that the US would use and attack sequencing.”
When it was over, according to Goldberg, Waltz called the operation a 'great job' and director for national intelligence John Ratcliff Caleld it 'a good start'.
It was unclear Monday if there was a fall -out of the disclosure. As a candidate, Donald Trump tore in Hillary Clinton for her use of a private -mail server when she was a state secretary.
“If it is true, this story represents one of the most serious failures of operational safety and common sense I have ever seen,” said Senator Jack Reed (Dr.I.), the top democrat in the Senate's armed services.
'Military operations must be treated with the greatest discretion, with the help of approved, secure lines of communication, because the American lives are at stake. The carelessness of President Trump's cabinet is amazing and dangerous. I will immediately look for answers from the administration. '
