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‘Smacks of laziness and tragically comic’…Experts give their verdict on bombshell Trump war chat leak on Signal app
‘Smacks of laziness and tragically comic’…Experts give their verdict on bombshell Trump war chat leak on Signal app
Published on March 25, 2025 at 09:38 PM
‘Smacks of laziness’ and ‘tragically comedic’... How Trump war group chat risked lives after ‘biggest f*** up imaginable’
A BOMBSHELL group chat with top Trump officials discussing US military strikes is a “tragically comedic” blunder that could have put lives at risk, experts have warned.
Experts have branded the Trump team's leaked chats ‘tragically comedic'U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the top Trump heavyweights at the center of the scandalNational Security Adviser Mike Waltz is believed to have been the one to add members to the Signal chatVice President JD Vance was also one of the group chat membersOne expert explained how America's blunder benefits tyrant Vladimir Putin
The private Signal chat was used as a virtual war room by Trump’s foreign policy heavyweights including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz – who is believed to have been behind the major gaffe.
President Trump, who was not in the chat, later stood by Waltz, saying his adviser had “learned a lesson and he's a good man”.
Hegseth also furiously denied the claims that vital war plans were being discussed in the group, insisting: “Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that.”;
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down and wrote on X that “no ‘war plans’ were discussed”; on the Signal group chat and “no classified material was sent to the thread.”;
But the fiasco would have serious implications for future missions, intelligence gathering, and individuals involved in the decision-making process, security expert Will Geddes told Flying Eze.
He said: “This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen sensitive, classified information leaked.
“But what is quite fascinating here is that a journalist was supposedly added to a confidential Signal group used by senior members of Trump’s administration â and nobody noticed.”;
While Signal is a popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app, Geddes warned it's not built for highly classified military discussions.
“There was not a higher level of security to ensure only whitelisted individuals could join,”; he said.
“We’ve all sent messages to the wrong person before, but this is on another level.”;
The incident, he said, reveals a collapse in operational security, or “opsec”.
“How classified information is handled, stored, and disposed of has to be considered incredibly carefully,” Geddes explained.
Trump speaks on Houthi group chat blunder: 'I don't know anything about it'
“This undermines not just the specific mission, but also the credibility of everyone involved.”
He likened the situation to being added to a WhatsApp group and not even checking who else is in it.
“Most people would at least look. These officials didn’t.”;
Former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon called the breach “really, really concerning”; and accused Trump’s team of “naivety on an incredible scale.”;
“What’s most worrying,”; he said, “is not just what was said, but that it happened at all.”;
The chat was named Houthi PC small group, containing numerous members of Trump's top teamA representation of what the messages looked like in the chat
“For those of us in Europeâand especially for the people in Ukraineâit’s incredibly depressing,”; said de Bretton-Gordon.
“This gives hope to Putin. It confirms his belief that he’s winning, and that the Americans are divided and distracted.
“Putin, the evil tyrant that he is, is a master strategist. One of his two key goals in invading Ukraine was to decouple Europe from the U.S.
“Reading these messages, you’d think he’s achieved that already.”;
Both experts agreed that the consequences could be grave â not just for American credibility but for the safety of allied forces.
Trump was seen giving orders to bomb the Houthi terror group on a golfing tripA cruise missile being fired from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) at sea during operations against Yemen’s Houthis earlier this month
“This isn’t just embarrassing,”; de Bretton-Gordon warned.
“Mistakes at this level can cost lives. In warfare, ambiguity and inconsistency are deadly.
“You never, ever tell your enemy what you will or won’t do. But that’s exactly what these messages have done.”;
One leaked text reportedly revealed Hegseth's reluctance to defend European ships in the Red Sea â triggering further alarm about U.S. reliability.
“NATO has kept the peace since WWII, but its strongest pillar is the U.S. military,”; said de Bretton-Gordon.
“If that can’t be relied on, then Europe is in serious trouble.”;
As well as denying that any war plans were being texted, Hegseth ripped into Goldberg, calling him a “deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist”;.
He accused him of “peddling hoaxes time and time again,”; citing past reports on Trump’s allegedRussiaties and disputed remarks about fallen U.S. soldiers.
Goldberg fired back on MSNBC, saying Hegseth’s denial was “a lie”; and that the messages he received contained “precise details”; of the March 15 strikes â including specific targets, sequencing of the operation, and what weapons would be deployed.
“It was a minute-by-minute accounting of what was about to happen, organized by CENTCOM,”; he said.
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of the Atlantic magazine, revealed he was included in a messaging chainTrump said he didn't know anything about the group chat and leaked messagesPete Hegseth said no sensitive ‘war plans' were being discussed in the chat
The White House National Security Council confirmed the messages “appear to be authentic” and announced a review into how Goldberg's number was added to the group.
NSC spokesman Brian Hughes described the thread as “a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials,”; but failed to address why they were using Signal â an app available to the public â to discuss sensitive military operations.
President Trump, meanwhile, claimed total ignorance when asked about the leak.
He told reporters: “I don’t know anything about it.
“I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business.”
According to Goldberg, the leak began on March 11, when he spoke with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz on Signal and was later added to a chat named “Houthi PC small group.”;
The editor believes he was mistaken for Jamieson Greer, a former U.S. Trade Representative, due to their shared initials “JG.”;
Over the following days, Goldberg received messages from senior Trump officials during the strikes.
The incident has rocked the Trump administration, with Waltz reportedly at risk of losing his job.
“It was reckless not to check who was on the thread,”; a senior official told Politico.
“You can’t have recklessness as the national security adviser.”;
Despite the uproar, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that “President Trump continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team, including National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.”;
Democratic senator Ruben Gallego slammed the fiasco as “amateur hour,”; while experts and lawmakers demand answers on how such a colossal breach of national security happened â and why war plans were being discussed in a group chat in the first place.
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