{"id":131405,"date":"2025-03-26T19:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/atlantic-reveals-us-attack-plans-discussed-by-trump-officials-in-signal-group-chat-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:23:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:23:33","slug":"atlantic-reveals-us-attack-plans-discussed-by-trump-officials-in-signal-group-chat-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/atlantic-reveals-us-attack-plans-discussed-by-trump-officials-in-signal-group-chat-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic reveals US attack plans discussed by Trump officials in Signal group chat – USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2212 The Atlantic magazine<\/a> on Wednesday published the full text chain from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> and other top Trump<\/a> officials detailing operations to carry out U.S. military airstrikes in a Signal chat group with a reporter present after the White House denied “war plans” had been shared.
Among the details, Hegseth disclosed the timing of planned airstrikes by U.S. attack jets and armed drones on militant Houthi targets in Yemen on March 15, according to an account by The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg<\/a>.
The report includes screen shots of the group texts, which detail drone targets, sequencing of the attacks and the type of weaponry used.
Goldberg was inadvertently added to a group chat, called “Houthi PC Small Group,” where President Donald Trump’s<\/a> top national security officials discussed hitting Iran-backed Houthi sites.
Goldberg and fellow Atlantic reporter Shane Harris said the magazine had previously withheld publicizing Hegseth’s texts out of concern for the sensitive nature of the information. Goldberg had been mistakenly invited to the chat by Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz<\/a>, and was observing the group’s conversations, unbeknownst to the 18 Trump officials in the chat.
But after Trump officials insisted Tuesday that no classified material was shared in the chat \u2012 and downplayed the gravity of the breach \u2012 the magazine’s journalists said they decided to disclose the messages to let people “reach their own conclusions.”
According to a story published by Goldberg<\/a> on Wednesday morning, Hegseth at 11:44 a.m. on March 15 \u2012 about 30 minutes before the first airstrikes \u2012 sent an update to the group that read: “TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w\/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.\u201d
Hegseth then detailed the timeline for the airstrikes in texts:
Hegseth later wrote:
Trump’s White House on Tuesday continued to dispute the initial Atlantic report about “war plans” being discussed in the chat, noting that The Atlantic’s headline describes the information as “attack plans,” not war plans like Monday’s initial story.
“The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT ‘war plans,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin.”
Waltz, in a statement on the release of the messages<\/a>, said: “No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS. Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent. BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.”
Shorty after Hegseth’s initial updates the day of the attack, according to The Atlantic, Vice President JD Vance<\/a> texted the group, \u201cI will say a prayer for victory.\u201d
Waltz then provided updates on real-time conditions of the target sites, according to The Atlantic.
\u201cVP. Building collapsed. Had multiple positive ID. Pete, Kurilla, the IC, amazing job,” Waltz wrote, referring to Hegseth; General Michael E. Kurilla, the commander of Central Command; and the intelligence community, or IC.
Waltz later texted: “Typing too fast. The first target \u2013 their top missile guy \u2013 we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend\u2019s building and it\u2019s now collapsed.\u201d
Waltz, Vance and CIA Director John Ratcliffe each took turns in the chat applauding the success of the operations.
Later, Hegseth wrote: \u201cCENTCOM was\/is on point,” before telling the group more strikes would be coming. \u201cGreat job all. More strikes ongoing for hours tonight, and will provide full initial report tomorrow. But on time, on target, and good readouts so far.\u201d
Trump and his administration have scrambled to minimize the fallout after the Signal chat fiasco by downplaying the gravity of the breach, touting the success of the military operation and lashing out at the reporter.
Yet Goldberg’s account raised new questions about why Trump’s national security team would use a commercial phone app<\/a> to discuss sensitive plans to conduct airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi sites in Yemen.
It also exposed what appears to be recklessness for Waltz to inadvertently invite a journalist into a chat group that included top administration officials including Vance, Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others.
Waltz told Fox News on Tuesday<\/a> he took \u201cfull responsibility” for the reporter’s presence in the Signal chat of Trump administration officials. “I take full responsibility. I built the group,” Waltz said on “The Ingraham Angle.” “It’s embarrassing. We’re going to get to the bottom of it.”
Yet Waltz told reporters he\u2019s never met Goldberg and will investigate “how the heck” he got into the Signal chat group \u2012 even though Goldberg has said he was invited by Waltz.
Among the screenshots published in Wednesday’s Atlantic story is one detailing Goldberg’s initial introduction to the Signal chat. It reads: “Mike Waltz added you to the group.”
Trump on Tuesday attacked Goldberg as a “total sleazebag,” argued no classified information was shared in the Signal chat and defended Walz, saying he has no reason to apologize. \u201cIt\u2019s just something that can happen,” Trump said of the breach. “You can even prepare for it, and it can happen.\u201d
Reach Joey Garrison on X @joeygarrison.<\/em><\/p>\n

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