President Donald Trump dismissed the incident of a journalist being accidentally included in a messaging group discussing war plans as an “old and boring” topic. Democratic Senator Mark Warner defended the secrecy of the group’s information.

US President Donald Trump described the situation of a journalist being mistakenly added to a messaging group discussing attack plans in Yemen as an “old and boring story.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump commented on the discussions of war plans in the Signal group. Trump praised Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin for stating in an interview on NBC that “there were no war plans shared” in the group’s discussions. Trump referred to the “Meet The Press” show where Mullin appeared as “fake” and argued that the focus should be on the success of the attack instead of the ongoing Signal story. He mentioned that the attack should have been carried out years ago by the former US President Joe Biden, whom he referred to as “Sleepy Joe,” and stated, “This story and narrative (Signal incident) is old and boring, but it’s being used because we just experienced the most successful ‘first 100 days of a presidency’ in American history. They cannot find anything else to talk about.” Secret Information Warner, the top Democrat on the US Senate Intelligence Committee, unequivocally confirmed to ABC News that the information in this group is “definitely” classified. Warner accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials of lying by claiming they should have been aware of the situation, stating, “Regardless of the institutions, there is no doubt that this is classified.” He mentioned that if a military member or a CIA employee spoke in a similar manner, they would “undoubtedly be fired.” INCIDENT The editor of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, revealed that he was added to a Signal group initially comprised of national security officials, and later Defense Secretary Hegseth shared details about the impending attacks in Yemen within the group. Goldberg stated, “US national security officials added me to a conversation about impending military strikes in Yemen. I initially didn’t think it was real. Then the bombs started to drop.” Additionally, the US administration criticized the media for spreading deception, claiming that Goldberg did not see any war or attack plans.