The Left wants the Trump administration to fail. They’ll do anything to make this happen.
And a Democrat leader was caught trying to take down this top Trump official with an insane demand.
Hakeem Jeffries Demands Firing of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Over Leaked “War Plans”
In a letter to President Donald Trump dated March 25, 2025, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has called for the immediate dismissal of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The demand follows a stunning revelation by The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who found himself unintentionally included in a Signal group chat where Trump administration officials openly discussed military strikes against the Houthis—days before the operations took place.
Jeffries didn’t mince words, labeling Hegseth “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in American history.” He accused the Pentagon chief of jeopardizing national security by “recklessly and casually” sharing “highly sensitive war plans” in an unsecure chat that included a journalist. “His continued presence in the top position of leadership at the Pentagon threatens the nation’s security and puts our brave men and women in uniform throughout the world in danger,” Jeffries wrote.
The controversy erupted after Goldberg detailed his accidental inclusion in the chat, titled “Houthi PC small group,” which featured heavyweights like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, and Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, alongside Hegseth, according to The Atlantic.
The chat, reportedly set up by National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, was meant to coordinate strategy on the Houthi situation. But it quickly spiraled into a platform for candid—and, according to Jeffries, reckless—discussion.
In one exchange, Waltz informed the group that his deputy was assembling a “tiger team” to handle action items from a Situation Room meeting. “Pls provide the best staff POC from your team for us to coordinate with over the next couple days and over the weekend. Thx,” he wrote.
What followed was a flurry of responses, including Vance voicing doubts about the strikes. “I think we are making a mistake,” he texted on March 14, citing potential public confusion over the strikes’ necessity and risks like oil price spikes. Despite his reservations, Vance added, “I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself.”
Hegseth, however, pushed back. In a message timestamped 8:27 p.m., he acknowledged Vance’s concerns but argued that delaying the strikes wouldn’t shift the strategic landscape.
“Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus,” he wrote, warning that a leak could make the administration appear indecisive or that Israel might act first, complicating the plan.
“We are prepared to execute, and if I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should,” Hegseth added, framing the strikes as a way to restore “Freedom of Navigation” and “reestablish deterrence, which Biden cratered.”
The next day, Hegseth upped the ante, sending a detailed message outlining strike targets in Yemen, the weapons to be used, and the attack sequence—information that Goldberg says proved accurate when explosions rocked Sanaa just hours later on March 15. “I will say a prayer for victory,” Vance replied, as two others chimed in with prayer emojis.
Goldberg, realizing the gravity of what he’d witnessed, exited the chat and began investigating. He later confirmed with Trump that a staffer for Waltz had mistakenly added him to the group.
Trump defended Waltz, saying he’d “learned a lesson” and calling him “a good man,” but the damage was done.
Jeffries seized on the incident, writing, “The so-called Secretary of Defense recklessly and casually disclosed highly sensitive war plans—including the timing of a pending attack, possible strike targets and the weapons to be used—during an unclassified national security group chat that inexplicably included a reporter.” He concluded, “Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should be fired immediately.”
HAKEEM JEFFRIES just demanded President Trump fire Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
"Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should be fired immediately." pic.twitter.com/hSWCn1YjRJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 25, 2025
According to Breitbart News, the fallout has drawn criticism from other Democrats, including Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), amplifying pressure on the Trump administration as it grapples with this self-inflicted security blunder.
But ironically many of these Democrats were oddly silent during the Biden administrations botched Afghanistan withdrawal – a scandal that was much worse than this Signal chat leak.
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