President Donald Trump, left, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth faced ridicule after it emerged he was part of a group of Trump officials who texted war plans to a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist — just days after boasting that America no longer “looked like fools.”

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported on Monday that he was part of a text chain on the Signal messaging app where details of air strikes in Yemen were discussed along with other highly sensitive national security matters.

A National Security Council spokesperson confirmed that the message chain “appears to be authentic,” and said, “We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.”

Democratic lawmakers swiftly condemned it as an “egregious” security breach, and President Donald Trump said he knew “nothing about it.”

More embarrassing still, the incident came after Hegseth on Friday hailed........

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