Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, has released the full chain of messages of the Signal group chat.
Goldberg recently published a report claiming that high-level Trump administration officials, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, discussed classified military plans against Houthi terrorists in a private Signal group chat. However, after the full transcript of this conversation was made public, Goldberg’s narrative quickly unraveled.
Despite Goldberg’s initial claims, the conversation in question contained no classified war plans. Instead, officials discussed the strategic timing of potential military strikes, weighing the pros and cons of acting immediately versus waiting another month. There was no disclosure of sensitive intelligence, operational details, or secret locations—contrary to what Goldberg’s article suggested.
A closer look at the conversation, which has now been widely circulated online, confirms that it was a routine discussion about policy considerations rather than a leak of classified military strategy.
Shawn Farash, a conservative commentator, shared screenshots of the Signal chat on X (formerly Twitter), writing: “Full Signal text chain has been released. There’s nothing in it but the pros and cons of striking now vs. waiting a month. It’s not war plans. It’s not classified