Top officials inadvertently shared war plans with Atlantic editor

 By Jim Denison, PhD - Posted at Denison Forum:

Published March 26, 2025

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, wrote an article Monday titled, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.” In summary, he reports that he was inadvertently included in a group chat with high-ranking Trump administration officials via the messaging app Signal. Their discussion regarded military strikes in Yemen that took place on March 15, among other geopolitical issues.

In an interview last night, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz assumed “full responsibility” for the leaked group chat. “It’s embarrassing. We’re going to get to the bottom of it,” he said.

“Politics is downstream from culture”

Response to Mr. Goldberg’s report was immediate and continues this morning.

Democrats castigated the administration as “complete amateurs” who “texted out war plans like invites to a frat party.” Several called for Mr. Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign.

Many Republicans, by contrast, were less concerned. One called it a “mistake” that “is not going to lead to the apocalypse.” Another said, “This is what the leftist media is reduced to . . . now we’re griping about who’s on a text message and who’s not.” In an interview yesterday, President Trump said he still had confidence in Mr. Waltz, stating that his inclusion of Mr. Goldberg had “no impact” on the military strikes in Yemen.

We should not be surprised by these partisan responses. In a pragmatic society, truth is what works for us. Capitalistic consumerism defines truth as what we want it to be. In the case of partisan politics (is there any other kind today?) our party is our “tribe” and the other party is evil. We don’t shoot at our friends, only our enemies.

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See also:

• Does the Signal leak portend problems for Trump and Vance? (Denison Forum)