Even Republicans cringe at chat leak. Plus, DOGE targets popular programs
Yemen war plans, u up?
It was the text chain heard ‘round the world. On Monday, The Atlantic revealed that its top editor had been mistakenly added to a group chat in which top Trump administration officials planned a highly sensitive military operation in Yemen with all the seriousness the administration is known for.
“👊🇺🇸🔥,” national security adviser Mike Waltz wrote, in response to Vice President JD Vance’s praise of the operation’s killing of the Houthi rebel group’s “top missile guy.”
As it turns out, Americans are less 👊🇺🇸🔥 about the leak, and more 🤬.
Overall, 74% of U.S. adults consider it a serious problem that top Trump officials discussed sensitive war plans on an unclassified chat that included a journalist, according to YouGov. Only 13% don’t think it’s a problem.
The issue largely transcends partisanship too. Ninety percent of Democrats consider it a serious issue, as do 72% of independents. Even 60% of Republicans(!) consider it a problem. Only 24% of Republicans think texting a journalist sensitive war plans isn’t all that serious.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30/2312856/-Even-Republicans-cringe-at-chat-leak-Plus-DOGE-targets-popular-programs