Social media critics could scarcely believe their eyes when they read that Donald Trump’s inexperienced Defense Secretary and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth discussed secret airstrke plans against Houthis in Yemen earlier this month in a group chat that accidentally included a prominent journalist.
Pete Hegseth, Trump's Defense Secretary, accidentally shared secret Houthi airstrike plans with a journalist in a Signal group chat also involving top officials. The journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, revealed the incident, leading to widespread criticism and calls for Hegseth's resignation. Hegseth dismissed the incident as "garbage," drawing further condemnation and comparisons to his previous criticism of Hillary Clinton's email practices.