Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Journalist listens in on top secret Trump administration discussions about Houthi bombings
It was the invitation all journalists would die for: please join our Signal encrypted discussions about how and when we are going to bomb the Houthis. It seems beyond belief but this is what happened with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of the Atlantic magazine in the US and his initials, JG, were duly included in the long list of top Trump officials, including Pete Hegseth, the defence secretary, Michael Waltz, national security adviser, Marco Rubio, secretary of state, and JP Vance, vice president. Oh my goodness, was this going to be an eye opener for the innocent journalist sitting back and getting a flow of highly personal and classified and insightful texts from the other participants, including all the details about the planned bombing, what type of weapons would be used, timings and targets. JG sat silent throughout, imagining for much of the time that it was all a hoax or a giant piece of comic theatre to somehow undermine his magazine. But no, it was all authentic. JG knew everything about the Houthi bombings two hours before they happened. Trump, meanwhile, was in ignorance of these unwise chats and when asked to comment on the huge breach of security admitted he hadn't read the Atlantic article and knew nothing about it. Oh my goodness, whoops indeed!
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