Excerpts of a Signal chat published Monday by The Atlantic provide a rare and revealing look at the private conversations of top Trump administration officials as they weighed plans for U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
The chat, which was created by national security adviser Michael Waltz, included the following users, among others:
- Vice President Vance
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
- C.I.A. Director John Ratcliffe
- “MAR,” the initials of Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- “TG,” the initials of director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
- “Scott B,” appearing to be Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
- “S M,” the initials of the White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller
- Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff
- Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East and Russia
President Trump has downplayed the inadvertent inclusion in the group of Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, claiming that officials did not share classified information. The new revelations Wednesday, however, led to mounting calls by Democrats for Mr. Hegseth to step down, saying he behaved recklessly and could have endangered American troops.
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