"They are acting like 14-year-old children on this chat, thumping their chest and sending emojis back and forth the way my teenage daughter does."

~ National security lawyer Bradley Moss

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/24

https://newrepublic.com/article/193114/trump-angry-rant-stunning-group-chat-fiasco-makes-scandal-worse

"Should we ban [mobile phones] for US national security advisers under the age of 60? Do you know what your national security adviser is doing on his device?"

~ Marina Hyde

#Trump #Hegseth #TulsiGabbard #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/23

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/25/pete-hegseth-journalist-group-chat-leak-war-donald-trump

"Any unauthorised release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such."

~ Tulsi Gabbard last week

#Trump #Hegseth #TulsiGabbard #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/22

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/tulsi-gabbard-launches-investigation-leaks-spy-agencies-rcna196526

“'If it was anyone other than Hillary Clinton, they would be in jail right now,' Hegseth said of the disclosure [that Hillary was using a private email server as Secretry of State] in 2016. He added, 'If you are using unclassified means, there is the potential for and likelihood that foreign governments are targeting those accounts.'”

~ Oliver Willis

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/21

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/25/2312398/-Hegseth-should-go-to-jail-for-war-plan-leaks-according-to-Hegseth

"These guys organized a meeting to discuss a military strike and nobody thought to ask, 'Gee, fellas, isn’t it kind of weird that we invited the editor of The Atlantic to this top-secret strategy conference?'”

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/20

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64277263/atlantic-journalist-texts-trump-war-plans/

"To state the obvious, in any normal administration Hegseth and Waltz at a minimum would be gone by the end of the day."

~ Josh Marshall

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/19

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signalgate-is-bad-but-opsec-isnt-even-the-worst-part-of-it

"If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/18

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/hegseths-latest-headline

"The most likely reason why Trump’s entire national security team was using an insecure platform to plan war strikes was to ensure there were no embarrassing records for posterity, a violation of the law."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/17

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/25/seven-reasons-trumps-entire-national-security-team-should-resign-in-disgrace/

A graphic shared by Bad Choices Make Good Stories

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/16

https://www.badchoices.us/p/trumps-minions-accidentally-added

"Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder."

~ Zachary B. Wolf

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/15

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

"The recklessness was criminal; any government employee of lower rank who committed the same offense would be behind bars on Monday evening—awaiting trial without the benefit of bail."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/14

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/criminal-recklessness

"In exactly the way 'her emails' were not a national security risk, this was."

~ Jim Stewartson

#HillaryClinton #Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/13

https://www.mind-war.com/p/secdef-lloyd-austin-leaks-war-plans

“You have got to be kidding me.”

~ Hillary Clinton

#HillaryClinton #Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/12

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-98-32425

"So far, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is going with the classic “it’s a hoax” defense."

~ Will Sommer

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/11

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-influencers-break-with-rfk-soda-payola-scandal-influenceable-atlantic

"Trump officials accidentally invited the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to their Signal group chat. Hours after bombs dropped on Yemen, they partied at a $1-million-per-seat Mar-a-Lago dinner."

~ Wired Daily

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/10

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-officials-signal-chat-candlelight-dinner-mar-a-lago-yemen/

"I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic."

~ Donald Trump, President of the United States

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=D5HCVsduAuG5hslO&v=k7GY0iMEJRg&feature=youtu.be

"Well this aged like unpasteurized milk

3 days ago:

'Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.'
–Pete Hegseth"

~ Kaylan _ TX

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/8

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6u7uvssjgi5xrfojzxyzvz2c/post/3ll5pf6lk6c2a?ref_src=embed

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/7

"We don't care what the media says."

~ Trump advisor to Marc Caputo

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/6

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/trump-administration-atlantic-houthi-war-messages

"A historic breach borne [sic] of idiocy…."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #incompetence #clowns #ClownShow
/5

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-stunning-trump-leak-should-be