Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder [View all]

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/hegseth-waltz-vance-signal-chat-mistake-what-matters/index.html

I was already writing an edition of the “What Matters” newsletter Monday about how President Donald Trump’s choice of businessmen and political allies to shake up and downsize government work has also created an amateur-hour atmosphere.

But all the examples I’d gathered pale in comparison to the revelations in a new story published Monday by The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg with the headline, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.”


There are so many questions here.

Why were these officials utilizing a messaging app known for its disappearing messages and run by a private nonprofit?

It could run afoul of both laws that require the retention of records and, more importantly, laws related to classified information. There are clearly stated protocols for discussing classified information.

Why is Hegseth so comfortable transmitting war plans in an unclassified setting?

We don’t know the exact nature of what Hegseth sent; Goldberg did not print it. His article does say it included “information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.”

Will there be consequences for this apparent breach?