Washington | President Donald Trump and top allies struggled to fend off criticism over the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist in a Signal chat discussing military attacks in Yemen, after newly disclosed texts showed how Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed specific operational details.
Trump and senior administration officials on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) ratcheted up criticism of Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg – who National Security Adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly added to the chat – and maintained that specific timing of planned strikes, US weapons systems and targets in the text messages did not amount to “war plans” or classified information.
