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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 25th, 2025: LEAKED! Trump Officials Text Houthi War Plans To Journalist & Russia, Ukraine Agree To US Brokered Black Sea Ceasefire
25 Mar 2025
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, the Trump administration is in hot water over an explosive report from The Atlantic, which revealed the publication’s editor-in-chief was accidentally added to an encrypted group chat on the private messaging app Signal, where more than a dozen top Trump officials allegedly discussed sensitive military plans. Later in the show, after meetings with officials from the Trump administration in Saudi Arabia, Russia and Ukraine have tentatively agreed to a limited maritime ceasefire to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Stash Financial: Go to https://Get.Stash.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Tuesday, the 25th of March. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed.
First, the Trump administration is in hot water over an explosive report from the Atlantic, which revealed the publication's editor-in-chief was accidentally added to an encrypted group chat on the private messaging app Signal, where more than a dozen top Trump officials discussed sensitive military plans.
Later in the show, after meetings with officials from the Trump administration in Saudi Arabia, Russia and Ukraine have tentatively agreed to a limited maritime ceasefire to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
President Trump is downplaying the alleged leak of sensitive military plans by senior administration officials on an encrypted group chat that included a journalist. The conversations took place during the run-up to the Pentagon strikes against Yemen's Houthi militants, but Trump said the disclosures are being blown out of proportion and didn't put any military operations at risk.
Now, to bring you up to speed, the Trump administration suffered a major embarrassment on Monday when Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he was inadvertently added to a group chat on the private messaging app Signal that included more than a dozen top Trump officials. He was allegedly accidentally added by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
Well, that doesn't sound like a National Security Advisor thing to do. Just hours before the administration began their bombing campaign on the 15th of March against the Houthi militants of Yemen. Did you get added? I'm just curious. I mean, I didn't get added to the chat group. And frankly, I'm feeling a little left out here.
According to the report from Goldberg, the group included Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Waltz, and others, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe. In the messages published by The Atlantic, Hegseth, Vice President Vance, and other officials debated their plans to launch airstrikes against the terror group.
In messages Goldberg withheld from publication, he alleges that Hegseth also disclosed, quote, operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing, end quote.
Well, as you might imagine, the report sent shockwaves throughout the Capitol, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, along with Pentagon officials, expressing concerns about the judgment of those involved. Oh, look, they've come to a bipartisan agreement on something.
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