Let’s talk “war plan” vs. “attack plan.”

We have an update on that whole “journalist being accidentally invited to a group chat discussing strikes on Yemen” thing.

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Well, the Atlantic released the full text messages of the exchange.

Headline from The Atlantic: "Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal" by Jeffrey Goldberg and Shane Harris

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There’s this:

Messaging app group "Houthi PC small group" with 19 members; recent actions include Michael Waltz adding a user and setting disappearing messages

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This:

Text conversation about a building collapse, mentioning identification of a missile target walking into his girlfriend's building

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And this, the most talked about text, which appears to be a detailed plan of the strike:

Text messages from Pete Hegseth discussing favorable weather, mission timelines, and drone strikes targeting terrorists

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You can see all of the texts here.

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Well, the White House has decided their stance is that these are NOT “war plans.”

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich said the Atlantic “LIED” and perpetuated “yet ANOTHER hoax on the American people.”

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Trump Campaign Advisor Alex Bruesewitz said, “The Atlantic’s decision to publish that inflammatory piece, falsely claiming that the Trump admin accidentally leaked their ‘war plans’ to him, was reckless and dangerous!”

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the entire story “another hoax.”

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And Mike Waltz, the one who added the journalist to the group chat said there were “NO WAR PLANS.”

Tweet by Mike Waltz: "No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS." Mentions foreign partner notifications and states that President Trump is protecting America

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Let’s just say people are confused by this “war plan” vs. “attack plan” logic.

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The comments are full of people asking, “In what possible world are these not war plans?”

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Congressman Seth Moulton said, “This information was CLEARLY classified, and clearly illegal.”

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A bunch of people are asking, “What are these?”

Text of tweet discussing a military mission timeline with specific times for weather confirmation, F-18s launch, drones targeting, and missile strikes

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And this person joked, “‘War plans.’ ‘Attack plans.’ Let’s call the whole thing off.”

Tweet by Paul Farhi reads: "War plans." "Attack plans." Let’s call the whole thing off

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Soooooo, what do you think? War plans or not?