Trump national security team messaged plans for Yemen strikes to Atlantic editor in chief

The editor in chief of the Atlantic magazine was included on a messaging chain in which senior members of the Trump administration — including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike Waltz — discussed strikes against the Houthi terror group in Yemen earlier this month.

Jeffrey Goldberg brought the stunning breach to light Monday in an article headlined “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.” In the article, Goldberg claimed he connected with Waltz on Signal on March 11 and was invited to join a chain called the “Houthi PC small group” two days later.

The bombs fell across the Middle Eastern country on March 15, with the Trump administration claiming to have “taken out” multiple leaders of the Iran-backed Houthis.

“These were not kind of pinprick, back and forth — what ultimately proved to be feckless attacks,” Waltz told ABC’s “This Week” the following day. “This was an overwhelming response that actually targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out, and the difference here is: one, going after the Houthi leadership, and two, holding Iran responsible.”

National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes told The Post that the Signal chain that included Goldberg “appears to be an authentic message chain, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.

“The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials,” Hughes added. “The ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to troops or national security.”