In a story so surprising it is hard to believe that it is actually true–but it is true–National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, to a text chat thread with high ranking Trump administration officials discussing imminent military action the United States government was taking against the Houthis in Yemen.

Members of the group chat, which took place on the app Signal, included "Waltz, Vice President Vance, [Secretary of Defense Pete] Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe all appear to have been among the participants. So too, apparently, were key figures in Trump’s orbit including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and key adviser Stephen Miller."

According to Goldberg, the text thread "operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing."

Including a reporter on this thread was beyond careless by Waltz. It will give all other countries serious pause about sharing any intelligence with the United States at all as long as Waltz remains National Security Advisor. As such, his continued presence in the United States government is a danger to our national security.

Further, including a reporter in a discussion like this, as numerous Democrats have pointed out, was probably illegal. In fact, conducting this discussion over Signal was itself possibly illegal, even if a reporter had not been included in the chat. Yet further, many of the participants in the chat, including Waltz himself, regularly attacked Democrats such as Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden for their handling of classified information.

Donald Trump has already said that he won't fire Waltz over this, because of course he won't. Rules don't apply to either Donald Trump, or people close to him. However, that doesn't mean we can't speak up ourselves, and go on the record demanding that Mike Waltz resign. His continued presence in the United States government is a danger to our national security.

Sign if you agree: National Security Advisory Mike Waltz should resign.

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