A journalist was added to a text thread with high-level Trump administration officials revealing plans for the timing and weapons to be used in a military strike against Houthi militants. Administration officials disputed that any classified information about the military operation had been shared. WSJ’s Nancy Youssef joins the chat with Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball to discuss the fallout of the group chat pinged ‘round the world. Further Reading: -An Annotated Analysis of Signal Group Chat With Top Trump Officials -Hegseth Comes Under Scrutiny for Texting Strike Details as Fallout Grows -Democrats Are Taking Their Anger Out on Chuck Schumer Further Listening: -Trump’s Attack on Big Law -Trump’s College Crackdown -Trump 2.0: A Showdown with the Judiciary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hey, Mollyball.
Hey, Ryan Knutson.
Have you ever accidentally been added to a group chat?
I cannot discuss that information. It is highly sensitive. Let's say I have from time to time received texts that were not intended for me that I could tell I was not supposed to know about.
Hmm. But nothing that you can say.
Have you?
I accidentally added the wrong person to a group chat once. I meant to include my friend Bjorn, inviting him to... A party that we were having, and I accidentally, as I learned later, added the wrong Bjorn.
I'm impressed you know more than one Bjorn. Well, doesn't everybody have two Bjorns in their life? I don't know if I even have one Bjorn in my context, much less multiple Bjorns that would necessitate a disambiguation of the Bjorns.
If you need a Bjorn in your life, I have two people I can introduce you to.
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