Omg, you guys, this is, like, the biggest fail in national security history, and honestly, I cannot even deal. So, get this—top Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, to their super-secret group chat where they were literally discussing military operations in Yemen. Yeah. Like, classified, top-level, national security stuff.
So, this all went down in a Signal chat called “Houthi PC small group”—which, first of all, why are they even using Signal for this? But whatever. The chat had all these major players—Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. And then, out of literally nowhere, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz accidentally adds Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat. And Goldberg’s just, like, sitting there, seeing all these messages about airstrikes, before realizing, “Oops, I should not be here.” He quietly leaves, but, obviously, reports it immediately because, duh, that’s his job.
And then Pete Hegseth loses it. He’s like, “Nobody was actually texting war plans!” But, um, the National Security Council already confirmed that, yes, this really happened, and yes, they were actually discussing classified information. So, now everyone’s like, how did this even happen? And also, is Michael Waltz about to get fired?
Except, plot twist—Trump is not mad. Like, at all. He literally shrugged it off, saying, “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.” And even though some people were, like, calling for Waltz to resign, Trump just called it a “glitch” and made it clear he still totally trusts him. Which is, like, kinda wild because, hello, the man just invited a journalist into a classified government chat.
But, like, here’s the thing—this is so much bigger than just one embarrassing group chat fail. This is, like, a full-blown national security crisis. If a journalist can just accidentally get added to a top-secret convo, what’s stopping, I don’t know, a foreign spy from sneaking in?
For starters, this shows that top U.S. officials might be way too casual about how they handle classified info. Like, are they just dropping military discussions into Signal group chats like it’s a fantasy football league? Because, um, that’s a problem. The government has secure systems for a reason, and if people aren’t using them, that’s, like, a whole new level of messy.
Also, this just screams bad cybersecurity. If one wrong tap can add an unauthorized person to a classified conversation, what does that mean for hackers? Could someone just, like, fake a phone number and sneak into a chat? Because if that’s possible, then, girl, we are so not secure.
And then there’s the political fallout. Like, the Biden campaign is already roasting Trump’s team over this, calling it a “reckless and humiliating display of incompetence.” And honestly? Not wrong. If Trump’s people can’t even keep their own messages secure, what does that say about their ability to run the country?
There’s also the international angle. Imagine being an ally of the U.S. and realizing that America’s top officials are just casually spilling military secrets in Signal chats. That cannot be reassuring. And for countries that aren’t on great terms with the U.S.? You know they’re taking notes on how sloppy this is.
Obviously, this is a huge deal because if this keeps happening, it’s not just embarrassing—it could actually mess with U.S. military operations and international relations. Like, people should be freaking out about this.
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Valley Girl News
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