The messages have come to light in an extraordinary security breach after a journalist was added to a high-level messaging group by mistake
Leaked messages reveal Trump cabinet members disparaging European allies as "free-loading" and "pathetic" in a private Signal group discussing a US military response to Houthi attacks. The messages, accidentally shared with *The Atlantic*'s editor-in-chief, included sentiments from figures like VP JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and allegedly Stephen Miller, suggesting the US should seek economic gain for restoring freedom of navigation. Trump dismissed the leak and *The Atlantic*.
