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President Donald Trump said he knows nothing about a bombshell article published by The Atlantic on Monday alleging the magazine’s editor-in-chief was put in a Signal group chat with Trump’s defense secretary, the vice president and other Cabinet members in which they discussed sensitive plans for military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. – forbes.com
Speaking to reporters Monday afternoon, Trump was asked for his response to the article and said: “I don’t know anything about it, I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me it’s a magazine that’s going out of business … but I know nothing about it,” before asking the reporter to clarify what the article said.
When the reporter clarified The Atlantic reported Trump’s Cabinet members were using Signal, a messaging app, to coordinate the attack on the Houthis, Trump said, “Well it couldn’t have been very effective because the attack was very effective … I don’t know anything about it, you’re telling me about it for the first time.”
The report was published Monday by The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and alleged he was unknowingly put in the Signal chat alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and others.
The article included screenshots of figures appearing to be the leaders discussing whether to attack the Houthis in Yemen, and then congratulating each other after the attack took place.
High fives and slaps on the back for launching more bombs! Boss! This administration is just fucking brilliant! Nearly everyone is on board with it. And if you aren’t, well, you might like a prison in another country.
And since the Orange Agent of Chaos, also referred to as the peace president by nobody but himself, doesn’t like The Atlantic and says they’re going out of business…why should anyone give a shit about any of this. Such a loser magazine anyway.
But these demons are good with their bombs and the termination of innocents’ lives…
US Launches Multiple Airstrikes on Yemen’s Northern Saada Province
The Houthis fired another missile at Israel on Monday as the group has shown no sign of backing down in the face of US airstrikes
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American Surgeon Says Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital Could Have Killed Him
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Antiwar.com he was on his way to treat a 16-year-old boy who was killed in the strike before being pulled into the ICU
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Official Death Count in Gaza Passes 50,000
The figure is thought to be a significant underestimate
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White House: Trump ‘Fully Supports’ Israel’s Gaza Slaughter
The State Department said the US ‘stands with Israel in every circumstance’
The peace president’s work is never finished.
For more: Antiwar News
Vance Warned Against Bombing Yemen, Israeli Strike Almost Killed American Surgeon, and More – Antiwar News With Dave DeCamp
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Tonight’s musical offering:
Dispatches from the Asylum 