Staff Reports
Yet another day, another attempt by the left to find a weakness in the Trump administration’s armor. This time, it’s national security advisor Mike Waltz who has become the latest piñata for Democrats hanging on the flimsy and sensational revelations of an accidental group chat. Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, known for expressing opinions with an architect’s finesse, found himself mistakenly looped into a U.S. intelligence chat on the encrypted Signal app. Goldman got it a bit wrong, too, rebranding “war plans” to “attack plans” as if it were all just a Big Mac away from being fast food propaganda.
Despite their usual struggles to deliver an impactful critique of the Trump administration, this “Signalgate” scandal has given Democrats a chance to go the full ham. They are sharpening their forks and getting ready to carve into Waltz, who could have been unknowingly at the helm of this disaster. Former deputy national security advisor Victoria Coates weighed in, pointing out that the Democrats are grasping at straws in desperation, much like someone reaching for a cookie jar that’s just out of reach. The error here isn’t just about a chat mix-up; it’s about Democrats in DC trying to find any excuse to muddy the administration’s track record of leading with strength.
This week’s media frenzy was initiated when Goldberg spilled the beans—without any actual beans, mind you—about how members of the Trump administration shared coordination information regarding operations against the Yemen-based Houthi rebels. Intrigued political pundits quickly dove right into the story like kids at a candy store, all while pointing to supposed lapses in national security. Yet, one has to wonder if they were more thirsty for the juicy gossip rather than a genuine concern for national interests.
Calls for resignation came pouring in from high-profile Democrats, highlighting a timeline that increasingly resembles a soap opera rather than a serious critique of governance. Hakeem Jeffries led the charge, and suddenly every Democrat from the Senate to the House was clamoring for the heads of Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. There’s almost a level of playful irony here, considering that a certain representative from California has a history with alleged espionage himself. Perhaps his judgment on national security is to be taken as seriously as a three-legged chair—suspicious at best.
Waltz's InfoSec stumble gives floundering Democrats a line of attackhttps://t.co/NU2DBrt97u
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) March 27, 2025
Amid the outrage, the GOP found its own grievances, indicating that even internal party dynamics were fraught with disdain for Waltz’s misstep. Among them, Sean Davis called out the criticism aimed at Hegseth as unwarranted, firmly placing responsibility on Waltz’s shoulders. One could imagine them all throwing darts at an image of Waltz in the break room as unnamed sources inside the administration echoed a call for accountability. There was talk of admitting a mistake and firing Waltz to let everyone move on, though one can only hope that a meet-and-greet with Goldberg isn’t on the agenda anytime soon.
In his public appearance, Waltz not only took responsibility for the whole blunder but also reassured viewers that they would investigate how this mishap occurred, all while escalating the drama with remarks that paint him as a man caught in the crosshairs of poor timing and unfortunate tech failures. Trump, ever the tactician, jumped in on the discourse, attributing responsibility to a staffer’s mix-up rather than throwing Waltz under the bus entirely. Talk about camaraderie, or is it just another calculated political chess move?
In the grand theater of politics, it seems everyone has a role to play, and the left, as usual, is doing its best to find something—anything—to cling to. However, as it often does, the actual substance of the situation remains buried beneath sensational headlines. The White House firmly maintained that there was no classified information shared within the chat. How’s that for a plot twist? All the while, Goldberg was left lugging around a sensationalized narrative that’ll probably get rewritten a couple of times before the dust settles. The narrative might shift, but one thing is clear: no one should underestimate the Democrat’s determination to push a scandal, even if it means chasing ghosts in group chats.
