“Do you feel safe under Trump’s administration” The Signalgate affair has fallen to the Democrats from the sky

News that Trump's most crucial administration members discuss planned attack on Huti rebels in chat in Signal appTo which accidentally invited the writer The Atlantic, shook up national safety circles. any leading Democrats call for the resignation of defence secretary Pete Hegseth and national safety advisor Mike Waltz.

Democratic organization politicians point to the series of events as an example of Trump administration incompetence — and possible consequences for the military and the wider safety of the US. However, it is unclear to what degree the affair will echo outside Washington. fresh messages on fundraising show that Democrats believe that at least it will revive their online donor base.

"Do you feel safe under Trump's administration?" asks Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's staff in an email in which he quoted the header of the article from The Atlantic. The political squad called the affair 1 of the "most scandalous and dangerous actions of the Trump administration".

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Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator of the Democratic Party, during a proceeding approving Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Washington, January 14, 2025.

“It’s amateur. We're damn fortunate the pilots active in this mission and the sailors and marines on ships at sea didn't make the final sacrifice that day. The carelessness and incompetence of the Trump administration put their lives in danger” writes Senator Ruben Galle’s staff in a message that contains a link to the petition calling on Hegseth to resign.

Justice Democrats, a progressive political group, states in her email that Trump's administration “talked about non-constitutional war plans through a text application called Signal’, criticizing simultaneously attacks in Yemen and Trump’s general programme.

The White home admitted that the messages quoted in the article were authentic, but mostly defended officials active in group chat. The real enemy? "The Atlantic" writer who published this story, and who on Tuesday Waltz called “the worst scum among journalists” in an interview with Fox News Station.