Betting entry for whom the first member of President Donald Trump's cabinet will be to leave and after the controversy of the signal app there is a clear favorite.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseeth is at the top of the list after it was revealed that he placed top secret plans about the bomb attack on Yemen in a Signal Messaging App Group who had a reporter from the Atlantic Ocean.
State Secretary Marco Rubio, who was also part of the group chat, is in second place and also quickly comes up with the charts.
The White House doubled its defense after the shocking revelation on Monday from Goldberg, with details about the text chain and claimed that it contained classified material.
President Donald Trump rejected the story and told NBC News that it was a non -problem and that the presence of Goldberg in the chat had “no impact at all.” The attacks, he continued, were 'completely successful'.
He also said that he was not worried about the amount of attention the story received, and said it was “the only malfunction in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one.”
President Donald Trump – with Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth – played the article down
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X Tuesday also defended the use of signal.
'No' war plans' were discussed 'and' no classified material was sent to the thread ',' White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X Tuesday.
In the meantime, Hegseeth led to Goldberg comparable to how President Donald Trump closed the magazine and called it a magazine that goes bankrupt. '
The Minister of Defense also went after Goldberg and called him a “deceptive and very discredit so -called journalist who has made a profession time and again on paddling Hoaxes.”
He quoted various stories that the Atlantic Ocean has run on Trump's alleged connections with Russia, his comments from his 'very nice people' after the Charlottesville riots were taken out of the context and the alleged 'suckers and losers' comments killed in war.
“This is a man who is in garbage nips. This is what he does, “Hegseeth added.
He praised American troops that fought against the Houthis in Yemen and criticized the Biden government for their own performance.
A reporter asked Hegseeth: “Why were those details shared on signal?”
Hegseeth replied: 'I heard how it was characterized. Nobody texts and that is all I have to say about it. '
Goldberg fought back and told CNN on Monday evening that the chat 'attack plans', locations and identities of goals and the 'series' of strikes against the Houthis included, adding that the denial of Hegseeth was 'a lie'.
“No, that's a lie. He texted war plans, he texts. When goals were the target, they would be the target that was on the goals when the next series of attacks took place, “he said.
Goldberg expressed his concern that the messages contain information that could easily be armed by enemies of the US to harm their staff and assets.
He wrote in the Atlantic Ocean: 'The information in it, if they had been read by an opponent of the United States, could be used to harm American military and intelligence staff, in particular in the broader middle -east, the area of responsibility of Central Command.
“What I will 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.”
President Donald Trump defended his national security adviser Mike Waltz in the aftermath of the Signal App scandal
State Secretary Marco Rubio was also involved in the signal chat
In the meantime, the White House officials have spoken their anger against National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, with a 'F *** ING idiot' reporting.
'Everyone in the White House can agree on one thing: Mike Waltz is finished*
Trump, however, stood at Waltz and told NBC News: “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson and he is a good man.”
He blamed the staff for the mix -up.
When asked what he was told about how Goldberg was added to the Signal Chat, Trump said: “It was one of Michael's people on the phone. An employee had his number there. '
In the Signal App Group, entitled 'Houthi PC Small Group', Goldberg was aware of conversations between Waltz, Hegseeth Vice President JD Vance and other top officials.
He wrote about how operational details were discussed and claimed that Hegseeth shared sensitive information that could be harmful to the country if it fell into the wrong hands.
The story blew up the internet when it was posted on Monday. Various critics asked why the administration discussed sensitive material on an app instead of government systems designed to communicate classified data.
Trump rejected the story as a non-issue and said that the presence of Goldberg in the chat had “no impact at all.” The attacks, he said, were “completely successful.”
He also said that he was not worried about the amount of attention the story received, and said it was “the only malfunction in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one.”
Goldberg was critical about Waltz because he added him to the conversation and used the app to communicate. It is unclear who wanted to record Waltz.
“I think to myself, I am happy that Mike Waltz has not invited Houthi in the group or a Russian spy or an opponent of the United States,” Goldberg told MSNBC.
Other officials include in the conversation Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, a CIA representative, Trump consultant Stephen Miller and Staff chef from the White House Susie Wiles.
An official called the move 'reckless'.
'It was reckless not to check who was on the thread. It was reckless to have that conversation on a signal. You cannot have recklessness if the National Security Advisor, “an officer told Politico.
Witte Huis Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt raised 'anonymous sources' that questioned Waltz's status in the administration.
“As I said yesterday, the president continues to have faith in his national security team, including Mike Waltz. Stories that say otherwise are driven by anonymous sources that clearly do not speak with the president, and written by reporters who are thirsty for a “scoop”, she wrote on X.
Trump said on Monday that he had not seen the story of the Atlantic Ocean.
“I don't know anything about it. I am not a big fan of the Atlantic Ocean. It's for me, it's a magazine that goes bankrupt, “he said.
Pronounced for the first time since the story took over the news cycle on Monday, Goldberg said he was fascinated by Vance's thoughts, broke with Trump and also questioned his knowledge about this subject
Since then, however, the White House has doubled on its defense.
'No' war plans' were discussed 'and' no classified material was sent to the thread ',' Leavitt posted on X Tuesday.
She also said that the office of the Witte Huis' office has provided guidelines on a number of different platforms for staff to use to communicate.
Goldberg said that when he was added to the signal group, he initially thought it was a scam or someone 'maskerading' like the Trump consultant. He finally realized that it was real.
The National Security Council confirmed that the SignalAppchat was authentic.
“This seems to be an authentic message chain and we judge how an unintended number has been added to the chain,” said Brian Hughes, the spokesperson for the National Security Council.
'The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials. The constant success of the Houthi operation shows that there were no threats for troops or national security. '
Trump ordered the strikes against the rebels supported by Iran as a warning for Tehran. The Houthi rebels focused on ships over the Red Sea from countries with ties with Israel, including the US and the UK.
Waltz started the principles group on Signaal to coordinate on it, and called it 'Houthi PC Small Group'.
Goldberg had his doubts when he had added and admitted that he was worried that the text chain was a 'disinformation operation'.
But he also discovered, while he saw the texts flowing, that the statements in it really sounded and some of the details matched.
In a long -term article for the Atlantic Ocean, where he was explained what happened, Goldberg writes that he voluntarily stopped information written in a long text by Hegseeth, because if it had been read by an opponent of the United States, it could be possible to harm the American military and information staff. '
“What I will 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 signequencing,” Goldberg added.
Plumes of smoke rise above buildings after the bombing of the Huthi-controlled capital of Yemen after the American strikes
The group cat was accidentally shared with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic Magazine
President Donald Trump is watching while military strikes are launched earlier this month against the Iran-Uitgevelde Houthis of Iran
After the publication of the article, the criticism of the figures of the Trump administration collapsed, with questions that are called about why top insurance of the top secret security were discussed on a messages.
'I accidentally sent the wrong person an SMS. We all have. The uninhabitable action was the sending of this info via non-secured networks. None of this should have been sent to non-secured systems, “said Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the Huis Armed Services Committee.
“Russia and China certainly follow his non -classified telephone,” he added, referring to Hegseeth.
And Republican rep. Mike Lawler wrote on X: 'Classified information may not be sent on uncovered channels – and certainly not to people without safety authorizations, including reporters. Period. Safety facilities must be introduced to ensure that this will never happen again. '
Senator Andy Kim in New Jersey, a Democrat, called on Hegseeth to be fired: 'Really stupid and epic irresponsible. People have to lose their jobs about this. Preferably Hegseeth. '
There were also questions if Waltz were breaking The espionage act, which arranges the handling of 'National Defense' information.
