If he did it..he is an idiot and should be removed.
Mystery solved.
He’ll likely be gone before the end of the day.
Right, everyone knows about Politico in the White House.
Deep States, plural, are ginning up games of lets-you-and-him-fight.
Refuse to play, folks.
He is an idiot but does it really make sense that a “WH official” would say that to Politico?
In the words of Fred Sanford, “You big dummy!” He should be fired pronto!
If he did, he should resign immediately with an abject apology.
What a dumb thing to do!
This is a very weird story. Why would this reporter (of all people) be included in a group chat? Might as well invite Pravda. There’s got to be more to this story.
If that’s what he did, calling him a f***ing idiot is an insult to f***ing idiots.
That’s the problem when you accidentally let a “journalist” sit in on sensitive discussion. He may feel an obligation to print the information, and if he sits on it, his organization could punish him. Waltz could be in real trouble here.
What kind of idiot is he? Being former military, he should be familiar with the refrain, loose lips sink ships.
I’m thinking more Fake News.
Politico
Vance broke with Trump admin over Houthi airstrikes, group chat report says
What was said in this report either was said or it wasn’t. If it was, then there are stark policy differences in play.
They weren’t war plans.
Interesting. If this is true he must be thrown out of the WH head first. Then prosecuted.
This whole affair sounds like a “show biz” rope-a-dope the Trump team is running.
And the ironic thing is, China, Germany, South Korea, and Japan benefit the most from Suez Canal Trade the Houthis are disrupting:
Sky News
Pathetic European free-loading’: What was said in Trump officials’ group chat
“Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake.
“3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS said, to send a message.
“I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”
At 8.27am, a message arrived from the Pete Hegseth reading: “VP: I understand your concerns - and fully support you raising w/ POTUS. Important considerations, most of which are tough to know how they play out (economy, Ukraine peace, Gaza, etc). I think messaging is going to be tough no matter what - nobody knows who the Houthis are - which is why we would need to stay focused on: 1) Biden failed & 2) Iran funded.”
Don’t believe it. Trump won’t fire someone for a mistake. The thing to find out is who loaded his contacts.
“the source, identified as a ‘person close to the White House’”
Typical fake news sources.
BTTT