Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lay bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European allies

From the Article:

“If you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again,” Vance replied. Hegseth agreed that “I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.” But, he added, “we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this.”

Miller, the Trump confidant, effectively ended the conversation by saying that the president had been clear. “Green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return.”

Edit: The texts are released to public

  • nuko147@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    31·
    6 days ago

    Yeah and the only way to leak it, is to invite the wrong people. But somehow they managed even that.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      161·
      6 days ago

      That must have been in purpose because how the flying frack do you accidentally invite a hostile (to you, that is) journalist into a top secret chat about war plans?

      • nuko147@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        191·
        6 days ago

        The problem is that they were discussing national defense information outside of approved classified systems. I mean Signal is secure yeah, but phones are not.

        • Hey boss. Remember the guy whose phone we hacked to use his private life against him?
        • Yeah, what about him?
        • I got some classified stuff and the defense plans of the country for next week.
        • . . . wait what?
      • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Not unreasonable that a politician has the number to a journalist in their contacts. Probably wanted to add someone else and fat fingered it from the contact list.

      • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        No I’m seriously wondering if they thought some of this would help them somehow. I honestly don’t see how nobody would’ve noticed

      • mousetail@programming.devEnglish
        32·
        6 days ago

        Yes, if you mistype a number of something you’d be very unlikely to add a reporter or let alone an editor