Embarrassing for Donald Trump: US government invites journalist to a secret chat

The editor-in-chief of the US magazine “The Atlantic” has accidentally been included in a secret group chat of the US government, in which apparently highly sensitive military plans were discussed. A spokesman for the National Security Council, Brian Hughes, later said that the chat course is most likely an authentic communication. He announced an internal exam.

In a article that has only been published now published, “Atlantic” editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg describes how he became part of a group about the encrypted Messenger app in mid-March in which apparently leading members of the government of US President Donald Trump discussed specific attack plans against the Huthi-Miliz supported by Iran in Yemen.

In his article, Goldberg describes the exchange between those involved – with exact times, original quotations and partly informal tone. Among the group members were Vice President JD Vance, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio as well as other cabinet members and high -ranking government officials. According to the report, both military tactics and political communication around the blow against the Huthi were discussed.

Particularly explosive: Two hours before the start of the attacks on March 15, Goldberg received a message from Hegseth himself – with detailed information on targets, weapon systems and the time expiry of the operation. Shortly afterwards, air strikes against Huthi positions in Yemen actually started. The US had recently classified the militia again as a foreign terrorist organization.

When the first explosions were reported, Goldberg was finally convinced that the entertainment was real – and not a fake. He left her a little later. According to his report, there were no questions about his presence. The spokesman for the National Security Council, Hughes, tried to reinterpret the breakdown, and argued that the incident was “evidence of the intensive and well thought -out political coordination between high -ranking government officials”.