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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 7th, 2025: Revealed: How A Reporter Was Added To Yemen War Chat On Signal & Iran-Backed Militias Back Down

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:   New details emerge about how Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg ended up in a Signal group chat where Trump officials discussed military strikes in Yemen—tracing back to a simple contact mix-up and a campaign-era email.   Several powerful Iranian-backed militias in Iraq signal a willingness to disarm for the first time, in a potential effort to avoid direct confrontation with the Trump administration.   To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250 Jacked Up Fitness: Go to https://GetJackedUp.com and use code BAKER at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you. It's Monday, the 7th of April.

0:46.2

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

0:49.6

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

0:51.9

All right, let's get briefed.

0:56.0

We'll start things off with new revelations about that war plan's chat group on Signal. Remember that? It was a bizarre story that captured the headlines

1:01.3

for a few days, and then, much like everything else that happens in Washington, D.C., it disappeared from

1:07.5

view. We're now learning how the Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg ended up in

1:13.0

the chat about U.S. strikes in Yemen. It all traces back to a contact mix-up, an old campaign

1:19.2

email, and one very unhelpful iPhone. Later in the show, several powerful Iranian-backed militia

1:26.7

groups in Iraq are reportedly prepared

1:29.6

to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump

1:36.3

administration.

1:37.6

But first, today's afternoon spotlight, we're finally learning the details of exactly how Atlantic Magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg

1:46.4

wound up in a signal group chat where senior Trump administration officials were discussing

1:52.2

upcoming military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

1:56.1

And the answer is, it was a contact list mix up on an iPhone. Mm-hmm. Of course it was. It's a very 2020's mistake.

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