It is not entirely President versus Presidente, but Donald Trump takes criticism from Dave Portnoy about the embarrassing admission of an Atlantic editor in a sensitive online chat with high national security officers about a planned bombing in Yemen.
The Barrestool Sports founder and himself described, 'El Presidente', went to X on Wednesday to explode the reaction of the White House or the lack thereof, to what Portnoy sees as an 'f *** up of epic proportions'.
The 48-year-old millionaire Trump supporter began to attack his online tirade through the Atlantic Ocean, which he described as a 'heavy left-wing media organization'.
“I hate them,” said Portnoy. “Trump hates them. They hate Trump. They probably hate me. '
But even in view of his hostility for the magazine, Portnoy still focused on senior national security officers for the mushroom scandal. He then specifically blamed the national security adviser of the White House, Mike Waltz, who admitted that Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was included in the online chat.
“Listen, we all sent the wrong person,” said Portnoy in the self-shot video. 'We all emailed the wrong person … We are not the Minister of Defense, we are not the National Security Advisor, we are not the vice president of the United States … Yes, mistakes happen. This is not possible. '
It is not entirely President versus Presidente, but Donald Trump takes criticism from Dave Portnoy about the embarrassing recording of an Atlantic editor in a sensitive online chat
US President Donald Trump listens as Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth speaks this week
The strike in question was carried out on March 15, which resulted in the death of 53 people, according to the Yemen's Health Ministry, including five children and two women among the fatalities. The American bombing were aimed at the Houthi rebels of Yemen, an anti-Israeli group blamed more than 100 attacks on merchant ships since 2023.
Trump has denied knowing something about the situation, while Waltz has accepted 'full responsibility', albeit while Goldberg is rejected as a 'loser' in a friendly interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham.
In the meantime, the White House and the Pentagon have worked to minimize the unintended leak. White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that no classified information was included in the Signal Chat and the spokesperson for Hegseeth, Sean Parnell, followed on Wednesday and said: “There were no classified materials or war plans shared.”
However, the messages that the Atlantic revealed on Wednesday seem to contain sensitive information, including timing, goal locations and other important elements of the attack.
“Guess,” said Portnoy about the discussion about the messages app, signal. 'It is super sensitive, it is super classified, it is surreal that these boys have added Jeffrey Goldberg to this group chat. They were talking about the attack, in the run -up to the attack, all up to a few hours when they would do it, the time, the weather, you name it. '
Portnoy took special Umbrage with the denials of Hegseeth.
'Pete Hegseeth, immediate response, is like:' 'No, that never happened. We have not leaked any classified information. No classified information within it, “said Portnoy.
“If this information were to come to the Houthis somehow,” he continued, “American soldiers could have died.”
But Portnoy did not leave Trump off the hook.
“The reaction of Pete Hegseeth and President Trump has been to have it some sort of poo-poo or or there is no classified information in it,” he said.
'Trump is:' 'How did Jeffrey Goldberg arrive there? Did he hack it? Has he arrived there? Did he stay for a very long time? The Atlantic Ocean is a terrible organization and a terrible magazine, '' that they are and I hate them. '
The messages that the Atlantic revealed on Wednesday seem to contain sensitive information, including timing, goal locations and other important elements of the attack
Portnoy also worked to disprove the suggestions that Goldberg was somehow cutting its way into the chat.
'Incidentally, [Goldberg] Don't hack it, “Portnoy continued. “He was added.
“Nothing is made up here. Jeffrey Goldberg tells the truth. It is clear that these texts are real. It is clear that they are classified. '
Admitting “We are lucky that it did not cause the death of American military members,” Portnoy demanded that “someone should go for this.”
“This is a mistake that can't happen twice,” he continued. 'It can't happen once! So you have to make a change and show that it will never happen again. '
Portnoy has also recorded a direct message to Trump: 'You may love Michael Waltz, you love Pete Hegseeth, you love these guys. Someone has to go down. For me it is Michael Walz, because he is the one who added [Goldberg] To this conversation. '
