Trump Officials Discussed War Plans In Unclassified Group Chat

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Shock, confusion, and a lot of anger in Washington after a journalist revealed he was added to a text chain with Trump administration officials who were planning highly sensitive military strikes. So, how in the world does this happen? Will anyone be punished for this major security failure? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.4	slash setup. This is CNN breaking news. Welcome to lead. I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake
1:06.2	Tapper. We begin this hour with two breaking stories. First, a group chat for the history books.
1:12.0	The White House confirms that it appears a journalist was accidentally added to a text chain
1:16.9	where top Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth and
1:21.5	Vice President J.D. Vance, were texting actual war plans about upcoming military strikes
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