White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt roasted The Atlantic for “another hoax” after it updated its narrative about an alleged national security breach in the Trump administration.
In an update to Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about how he was added to a sensitive government group text message that included top administration officials, the publication shared Signal texts from Vice President JD Vance, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and others.
But that just appeared to confirm that the left’s outrage was a nothing burger, as classified war plans were not actually discussed and no sensitive information was included in the text messages.
“The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT ‘war plans,'” Leavitt wrote in a post on X.. “This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin.”
The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT “war plans.”
This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin. pic.twitter.com/atGrDd2ymr
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 26, 2025
“No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS,” NatSec advisor Mike Waltz posted. “Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent. BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.”
Everyone should be asking yourself why Democrats and the corrupt corporate media care more about this than Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that led to the deaths of American soldiers. https://t.co/iI94tlN6GR
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 26, 2025
“The Atlantic beclowns itself as they concede— by releasing this— that no ‘war planning’ was going on as they had falsely alleged,” wrote White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung. “Sounds like some terrorists had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”
The Atlantic beclowns itself as they concede— by releasing this— that no “war planning” was going on as they had falsely alleged.
Sounds like some terrorists had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. https://t.co/bTtKNzy55T
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) March 26, 2025
Seems The Atlantic’s narrative that President Donald Trump’s officials disclosed classified war plans was just fake news. Though Goldberg was indeed added to the Signal chat, the sensationalized report – like many others from the publication and other Trump-haters – had no legs to stand on.
The only one who “endangered” America’s national security was Jeffrey Goldberg himself.
The Atlantic’s decision to publish that inflammatory piece, falsely claiming that the Trump admin accidentally leaked their “war plans” to him, was reckless and dangerous!
The Atlantic is… https://t.co/l4MGKXLSQR
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) March 26, 2025
This is it? Where are the war plans? Really? https://t.co/599C4NIc7A
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) March 26, 2025
I like how Jeffrey Goldberg went from saying he couldn’t possibly share the texts because they’d destroy national security to publishing them like 5 seconds later. These people are so unserious.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 26, 2025
The Atlantic has already abandoned their bullshit “war plans” narrative, and in releasing the full chat , they concede they LIED to perpetuate yet ANOTHER hoax on the American people.
What scumbags!
— Taylor Budowich (@Taylor47) March 26, 2025
