Summary
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied allegations that he texted classified war plans to a Signal group chat that mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
The National Security Council confirmed the chat’s authenticity but called the inclusion of Goldberg an inadvertent mistake.
Lawmakers from both parties demanded investigations, with former CIA Director Leon Panetta warning of potential espionage violations.
Hegseth dismissed Goldberg as a “deceitful” journalist. Trump denied knowledge of the incident.
Ah, going with denial in the face of concrete evidence to the contrary
Classic Trump move
yes, so typical and yet so effective so far.
Phase 1: eat a baby in plain view at a crowded event
Phase 2: get really angry and personally attack anybody who mentions it and their employer
Phase 3: after a few days just roll your eyes and dismiss with “again with that baby thing?”
If nothing serious happens right after phase 1, holding onto this as future political ammo seems to be worthless. I really hope I’m wrong and that the accumulation of these things is enough to turn enough of Trump’s base against him but they accumulated a whole fricking lot by now and there is still room for more…