Last Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the prestigious magazine The Atlantic, mentioned that he had received confidential messages between administration officials regarding the attacks against the Houthis in Yemen on March 15th. He claimed that these plans contained precise details on the weapons, the targets, and the timings.
He saw the messages exchanged by 18 high-level officials. According to him, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the CIA Director, John Ratcliffe, and the Vice President, J.D. Vance, were part of it. He is also very concerned about the president’s National Security Council. They were reckless enough to let the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, criticized by Trump, read the messages of the most important people in the country.
After this revelation, Trump claimed no idea how this could have happened. “I don’t know anything about all of this, “the president of the U.S. said. “You’re telling me about it for the first time.”
The Democratic opposition wasted no time in reacting.
“It’s one of the most shocking military intelligence leaks I’ve read in a very, very long time,” said the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, calling for a “full investigation.”
The White House quickly confirmed that the messages the journalist received were authentic and stated they would find the issues in the system to ensure such a mistake doesn’t happen again.
A little later, Trump’s spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, assured Trump of his confidence in his security: “The American president continued to have the utmost confidence in his national security team, including his National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz,” which is infuriating for veterans and military personnel.
