Allegations were made that the group chat, helmed by Vice President JD Vance, included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, among others.
NEW — There is a report circulating that suggests the below screenshots are from Trump Cabinet officials’ signal messages. The validity of the screenshots has yet to be determined. The purported conversation illustrates discussions of the U.S. Houthi airstrikes. The story claims… pic.twitter.com/H3OLyqZF1P
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Additionally, the reports suggested that someone in the group chat "accidentally added in" the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, a largely liberal and anti-Trump publication.
These screenshots have yet to be proven valid.
During a press conference in the Roosevelt Room on Monday, a reporter asked President Trump about the Signal chats conversation.
NEW — President @realDonaldTrump says he does not know anything about Vice President @JDVance and @SecDef Pete Hegseth discussing airstrikes on Yemen in an alleged leaked Signal group chat that "mistakenly" included an editor from The Atlantic.
— Toria Brooke ☘️ (@realtoriabrooke) March 24, 2025
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President Trump responded that he does not know anything about Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Hegseth's discussion of airstrikes on Yemen in the alleged leaked Signal group chat.
Trump also commented: "To me I'm not a fan of The Atlantic; to me it's a magazine that's going out of business."
The reporter stated that the alleged conversation was about "sensitive material."
The President replied, "Well it couldn't have been very effective, because that airstrike was effective. I don't know anything about [the alleged chat]... you're telling me about it for the first time."
