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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Angry Rant about Stunning Leak of War Plan Makes Scandal Worse

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4800 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

By now you may have heard that President Trump’s top officials discussed war plans on Signal, and that the group chat actually included Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. After Goldberg published his explosive findings, Democrats called for an investigation, and even the occasional Republican weighed in. But when Trump himself was asked about this, he claimed not to know anything about it. What struck us is what Trump didn’t say: he failed to say that he’s going to get to the bottom of this mess, and that it should have never happened. We talked to veteran national security lawyer Bradley Moss, who unravels why this was such a serious breach, what laws may have been broken, and how Trump’s rambling, vacuous response made this scandal even worse, in a very meaningful way. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm your host, Greg Sargent. By now you may have heard that President Trump's most senior officials discussed war plans on signal

0:47.4

and that the group chat actually included Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic.

0:53.0

Goldberg published his findings and it caused an explosion in

0:56.5

Washington, with many Democrats calling for an investigation and even the occasional Republican slamming

1:02.8

this as an unacceptable security breach. President Trump was asked about this, and shockingly he

1:09.6

claimed not to know anything about it.

1:11.6

What struck us, though, is what Trump didn't say.

1:14.5

He failed to say that he's going to get to the bottom of this mess and that it should have never happened.

1:20.1

Today, we're trying to dig through all this with the perfect guest, veteran national security lawyer Bradley Moss.

1:31.0

Brad, thanks for coming on, man. Absolutely. Any time.

1:37.4

So National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence, Talsy Gabbard,

1:43.5

Vice President J.D. Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth, and some others were talking on signal about their upcoming plans to bomb Yemen's Houtis.

1:47.8

So open up shipping in the Red Sea.

1:50.2

Somehow the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got included.

1:53.7

The top officials argued a bit about the plans.

1:56.2

And then soon after, Hegseth openly shares operational details about the move itself, about the operation

2:04.1

itself. Can you lay out what happened here, Brad? This is the movie Idiocracy Come to Life. I mean,

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