{"id":24778,"date":"2025-03-25T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24778"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:39:55","slug":"all-leaked-messages-from-donald-trumps-war-plan-group-chat-after-journalist-was-accidentally-added","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24778","title":{"rendered":"All leaked messages from Donald Trump’s war plan group chat after journalist was accidentally added"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A series of messages from a group chat where the US bombing of Houthis in Yemen was being planned were leaked after they accidentally added a journalist by mistake.<\/p>\n

The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg explained that\u00a0he’d been texted the bombing plans<\/a>\u00a0two hours before the operation was carried out with ‘precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing’ by\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0defence secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n

Goldberg\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in The Atlantic that on 11 March he’d got a connection request on the app Signal from a user called Michael Waltz, an adviser to\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>, and accepted it despite thinking it could have been a hoax from people pretending to be figures in the US government.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, they actually were the real deal and they’d mistakenly added the journalist to their group chat.<\/p>\n

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The journalist said he was invited to the Signal group chat by Michael Waltz (Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

What did the war plan group chat messages say?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The chat started on 13 March, with the message from Waltz getting everyone to nominate a point of contact, one of which Goldberg did not include in his reporting since they were an ‘active intelligence agent’.<\/p>\n

The following morning started with another message from Waltz, and US Vice President\u00a0JD Vance<\/a>\u00a0voiced doubts over the plan saying ‘I think we are making a mistake’.<\/p>\n

“3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does,” Vance wrote in his message as he said there was a ‘real risk that the public doesn’t understand this’.<\/p>\n

He went on to say he was ‘not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now’, and said there was also a risk of ‘a moderate to severe spike in oil prices’ but was willing to keep his concerns quiet.<\/p>\n

Further messages followed, including from Hegseth where he said ‘nobody knows who the Houthis are’ and said there were two reasons why they might not want to delay.<\/p>\n

The first was the now rather ironic ‘this leaks, and we look indecisive’, the second was: “Israel takes an action first \u2013 or Gaza cease fire falls apart \u2013 and we don\u2019t get to start this on our own terms.”<\/p>\n

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US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth wrote of ‘European free-loading’, writing: “It’s PATHETIC.” (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Further messages started bashing Europe, as Vance told Hegseth ‘if you think we should do it let\u2019s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again’.<\/p>\n

He added: “Let’s just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it.”<\/p>\n

The defence secretary responded: “VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It\u2019s PATHETIC.<\/p>\n

“But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes.<\/p>\n

“I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.”<\/p>\n

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“I just hate bailing out Europe again,” said JD Vance (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

A new message from someone listed in the chat as SM, which Goldberg suggests is deputy\u00a0White House<\/a>\u00a0chief of staff Stephen Miller, spoke of the US needing to get some ‘further economic gain extracted in return’.<\/p>\n

It said: “As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return.<\/p>\n

“We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn\u2019t remunerate, then what?<\/p>\n

“If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.”<\/p>\n

Hegseth wrote ‘Agree’ in response.<\/p>\n

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Trump adviser Stephen Miller wrote that ‘we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return’ (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The next day (15 March) when the US bombed the Houthis, Hegseth posted a message which Goldberg didn’t share as he said the information could ‘have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel’, but contained information on the bombing plans for Yemen.<\/p>\n

JD Vance replied ‘I will say a prayer for victory’, and two others responded with praying emojis.<\/p>\n

Goldberg waited to hear news of bombing in Yemen which would verify the group chat he’d been added to was genuine, and got confirmation a couple of hours later.<\/p>\n

JD Vance described the bombing news as ‘excellent’, John Ratcliffe called it ‘A good start’ while Michael Waltz sent the fist emoji followed by the US flag and then the fire emoji.<\/p>\n

“Good Job Pete and your team!!” was the message from Marco Rubio, while Waltz said ‘The team in MAL did a great job as well’ and the account Goldberg suggested was Stephen Miller said ‘Great work all. Powerful start.’<\/p>\n

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Waltz used emojis after the bombing operation was announced as a success (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

What has Donald Trump said about the leaked messages?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When US President Donald Trump was asked about the leaked messages he said: “I don\u2019t know anything about it. You\u2019re telling me about it for the first time.”<\/p>\n

He then attacked The Atlantic as ‘not much of a magazine’ and then later shared a social media post from Elon Musk saying: “4D Chess: Genius Trump Leaks War Plans to \u2018The Atlantic\u2019 Where No One Will Ever See Them.\u201d<\/p>\n

National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the BBC that\u00a0the group chat is authentic<\/a>\u00a0and they’re looking at how Goldberg was added into it.<\/p>\n

He said: “At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic. We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy co-ordination between senior officials.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full set of leaked messages and their contexts are\u00a0available<\/a>\u00a0on The Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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