Pete Hegseth was fuming after a top Democrat Senator demanded his resignation in a profanity-laced statement

All hell broke loose on Monday after The Atlantic published an article showing private messages between Pete Hegseth and Trump Cabinet officials about alleged “attack plans” for a strike on Yemen.

Democrats and the media instantly went on the attack by accusing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of sharing classified information with a reporter.

But Pete Hegseth was fuming when a top Democrat Senator demanded his resignation in a profanity-laced statement.

The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg set off a firestorm on Monday when he reported that National Security Adviser Michael Waltz had accidentally added him to a private Signal chat named “Houthi PC small group” back on March 13.

According to Goldberg, several Trump Cabinet officials used the group chat to coordinate a strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

On March 15, the day the strikes took place, Goldberg wrote that Hegseth “texted the war plan at 11:44 a.m.,” adding that “the plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.”

Goldberg claimed that the group chat included “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.” 

On Wednesday, The Atlantic published a second story that included the contents of Hegseth’s message in the group chat.

The message contained information like “1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package),” “1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets),” “1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.”

Trump administration officials responded by pointing out that the messages clearly didn’t contain “war plans” or any type of sensitive classified information.

Mike Waltz tried to set the record straight in a post on X.

“No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS,” Waltz wrote. 

“Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent,” he continued. “BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.”

No locations.

No sources & methods.

NO WAR PLANS.

Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent.

BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.

— Mike Waltz (@MikeWaltz47) March 26, 2025

“This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote.

The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT “war plans.”

This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin. pic.twitter.com/atGrDd2ymr

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 26, 2025

But that didn’t stop Democrats from attacking Donald Trump and demanding Pete Hegseth step down from his position as Defense Secretary.

Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released a profanity-laced statement demanding Hegseth’s resignation.

“Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)—issued the following statement after new reporting confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent classified war plans in a Signal group chat with other Trump Administration officials, putting the lives of our men and women in uniform at greater risk and undermining the effectiveness of the mission,” Duckworth wrote in a statement. 

Duckworth then wrote that “Pete Hegseth is a f****** liar.” 

“This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed,” Duckworth wrote. 

“He needs to resign in disgrace immediately,” she continued. “Hegseth and every other official who was included in this group chat must be subject to an independent investigation.” 

“If Republicans won’t join us in holding the Trump Administration accountable, then they are complicit in this dangerous and likely criminal breach of our national security,” she added.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s statement calling for Hegseth’s resignation starts off with…

“Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar.” pic.twitter.com/hkIyNa4TOL

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) March 26, 2025

Pete Hegseth dropped the hammer on his critics in a post on X where he slammed Goldberg for peddling a hoax.

“The Atlantic released the so-called ‘war plans’ and those ‘plans’ include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information,” Hegseth wrote. “Those are some really s***** war plans.”

“This only proves one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or an ‘attack plan’ (as he now calls it),” he added. “Not even close.”

So, let’s me get this straight. The Atlantic released the so-called “war plans” and those “plans” include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information.

Those are some really shitty war plans.

This only proves…

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) March 26, 2025

Of course, Jeffrey Goldberg has a history of peddling hoaxes about Donald Trump.

Goldberg infamously wrote the story Joe Biden frequently told about how Trump allegedly referred to American troops who died in World War II as “suckers and losers.”

Anyone with a brain knows Donald Trump would never say something like that about fallen soldiers.

And given Goldberg’s history of peddling lies, this entire Signal chat debacle appears to be another Fake News attack on Trump.

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