The administration of Donald Trump accidentally included a journalist from the American media The Atlantic in a private courier group in which executive members They discussed attacks against the hutis rebels in Yemenan error that on Monday said to be investigating.
Brian Hughesspokesman for the White House National Security Council, said the messages unveiled by Jeffrey Goldbergthe editor in chief of the publication, seemed to be “authentic” and what The government was “reviewing how an unexpected number to the chain was added”according to The Washington Post.
Goldberg made his story public this Monday in an article entitled ‘Trump administration accidentally message me his war plans‘And in this he explained that at the beginning of March an account that had the name of the White House Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, had included it in a conversation of the Signal application.
In addition to Waltz, the chat included accounts that apparently belonged to Key figures such as the vice president, JD Vancethe Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the State, Marco Rubio, and even the National Intelligence Director, Tulsi Gabbard, among others.
Two hours after Goldberg’s story became public, Trump said he had no knowledge of the article published by The Atlantic.
“I don’t know anything about it. I am not a big Atlantic fan. For me it is a magazine that will disappear. I think it’s not a great magazine. But I don’t know anything about her, “he said when asked about the press.
In the conversation, an account with the name of Hegseth described a plan of attacks against hutis in Yemenwith sensitive information as the precise moment of attacks or what type of armament would be used.
According to the journalist, the group not only worked for logistics purposes, but also served to discuss the decisions that were being made.
The vice president considered in the same that the Trump administration was making an error at the beginning of this attack And he showed his concern about the impact he could have in Europe.
Vance explained that the offensive could mean a Increase in oil prices and that the public would not be able to understand the reason why it would be important.
Hesgeth, according to the filtered chat, said that the message would be “difficult to pass whatever happens”: “No one knows who the hutis are, so we would have to continue focused on: 1) (the former president, Joe) Biden failed and 2) they will financed,” according to Goldberg.
“I had serious doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that national security leaders of USA They will communicate through signal on imminent war plans“He wrote in his article.
Goldberg confirmed that the plans were real when on March 15, at the time the Secretary of Defense had described, Explosion reports began to be seen on social networks in Sanáthe capital of Yemen.
“Having reached this conclusion, which seemed almost impossible only a few hours earlier, I retired from the Signal group understanding that this would automatically notify the group creator, ‘Michael Waltz’, which had gone to me,” Goldberg said.
