Social Media Ridicules Pete Hegseth’s Foolish Boast After War Plans Text Fiasco
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Just three days ago, Trump's defense secretary claimed "we looked like fools" under Biden. "Not anymore,” Hegseth crowed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced ridicule after it emerged he was part of a group of Trump officials who texted war plans to a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist — just days after boasting that America no longer “looked like fools.”
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported Monday that he was part of a text chain on the Signal messaging app where details of air strikes in Yemen were discussed along with other highly sensitive national security matters.
A National Security Council spokesperson confirmed that the message chain “appears to be authentic,” and said, “We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.”
Democratic lawmakers swiftly condemned it as an “egregious” security breach, and President Donald Trump said he knew “nothing about it.”
More embarrassing still, the incident came after Hegseth on Friday hailed the Trump administration’s professionalism at an event awarding a contract to Boeing to build a next-generation fighter jet.
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