We've ALL Been Fired For Less: Trump's Idiot Brigade Planned a War Attack Using Signal (And Accidentally Invited a Journalist to the Group Chat)

I don't want to hear ANYTHING About Hillary Clinton's emails EVER again after this.

Buckle up guys this one's wild.

Not only were "top" Us officials found using unsecured, non-government devices.

Not only did they use VANISH MODE which is illegal as all administration communications have to be put into official record.

Not only were they using a public app SIGNAL.

But they also ACCIDENTALLY had a journalist for the Atlantic in the chat.

But not ANY Atlantic journalist - one that Trump has a vendetta against.

"Top" U.S. officials mistakenly texted war plans to one of the president’s most-hated journalists, Jeffery Goldberg, a top journalist at The Atlantic revealing a lack of forethought and oversight by those in Donald Trump’s "administration".

If you've ever experienced imposter syndrome, now is the time to lay those fears to rest.

The Watergate-level report showed screenshots of a chat thread on the messaging app Signal, which included Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and others.

Those messages were about the logistics of—and apparent need for—a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen on March 15. That strike, to “send a message” and to help clear Middle East shipping lanes, was ultimately carried out and killed 53 people.

You wouldn't think there was any gravity to the situation based on the flagrant use of emojis after the fact - fire emojis, prayer hands, and of course, the american flag. These people are if nothing else consistent. Consitently tasteless.

The messages, which a White House National Security Council spokesperson said Monday appeared to be “authentic,” gave unprecedented insight into how the Trump Administration communicates behind closed doors.

Goldberg claimed he was added to the chat by an account with the same name as Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, on March 11. He wrote he received “a connection request” and accepted it, wary it may be part of a ploy against him.

The slew of texts viewed by The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, included Vance expressing reservations with the strike requested by Trump—a break from the VP’s usual lapdog behavior of co-signing all of Trump's decisions.

“Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake,” JD Vance wrote of the strike. He later explained, so everyone would still think he was cool, that his opposition was because “I just hate bailing Europe out again".

Since he's a good journalist, Goldberg was unsure if the chats were real or not, so he waited until his hunch was confirmed - when America attacked Yeme on March 15. Just like the messages had said. Goldberg wrote that he watched the scene unfold from the parking lot of a grocery store—first by seeing reports of explosions on social media, and then by reading celebratory texts in the Signal chat.

Goldberg then reported that Waltz’s account messaged that the military had done an “amazing job,” suggesting the strike was a success. Waltz’s account also reacted with a trio of celebratory emojis—a fist, an American flag, and fire. Goldberg described the group’s full reaction to the news as follows:

I went back to the Signal channel. At 1:48, “Michael Waltz” had provided the group an update. Again, I won’t quote from this text, except to note that he described the operation as an “amazing job.” A few minutes later, “John Ratcliffe” wrote, “A good start.” Not long after, Waltz responded with three emoji: a fist, an American flag, and fire. Others soon joined in, including “MAR,” who wrote, “Good Job Pete and your team!!,” and “Susie Wiles,” who texted, “Kudos to all – most particularly those in theater and CENTCOM! Really great. God bless.” “Steve Witkoff” responded with five emoji: two hands-praying, a flexed bicep, and two American flags. “TG” responded, “Great work and effects!” The after-action discussion included assessments of damage done, including the likely death of a specific individual. The Houthi-run Yemeni health ministry reported that at least 53 people were killed in the strikes, a number that has not been independently verified.

Now with hard proof the chat was likely genuine, Goldberg said he removed himself from it, knowing it would send a notification to Waltz of his departure.

“No one in the chat had seemed to notice that I was there,” Goldberg wrote. “And I received no subsequent questions about why I left—or, more to the point, who I was.”

Goldberg said he has “never seen a breach quite like this.”

The president claimed he had just heard of the report from a reporter on Monday afternoon.

“I don’t know anything about it,” Trump said. “I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business... You’re telling me about it for the first time. You're saying they had what?

Aw, someone feels left out of the group chat :(

But That's Not All That Happened!

Pete Hegseth behaved like the villain he stole his haircut from and began lying to cover himself almost immediately - aka the Trump administration special. No one backed him up however, after the White House was forced to confirm the validity of the chats.

The good Pete (Pete Buttigieg) even chimed in, tweeting: From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of f---up imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.”

My favorite part? Pete said in the chat with FULL confidence ‘we are currently clean on OPSEC.‘ For the record, if there was perfect OPSEC I wouldn't be writing this article and you wouldn't be reading it.