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Above: Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) speaks in front of text messages sent by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an annual worldwide threats assessment hearing at the Longworth House Office Building on March 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Image copyright: Kayla Bartkowski/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Since the White House refused to take responsibility for sending real-time drone strike plans to outsiders, it took Jeffrey Goldberg's courageous reporting to expose Trump's inner circle. Unlike Hegseth and Waltz, Goldberg carefully waited to report on this only after Trump's intelligence team claimed they did nothing wrong. Foreign enemies will now look at the U.S. as an easy target — one that brave journalists are defending while the government sits on its hands.
Republican narrative
Goldberg's exposé lacks substance — there were no "war plans" or classified data, just vague debate among colleagues, as Ratcliffe and Gabbard confirmed. Goldberg's refusal to share evidence, followed by a flip-flop release, exposes his hoax. The White House, meanwhile, continues its successful national security approach by meeting with actual military experts while the media peddles fiction. America is stronger than ever, and no enemy dares test her.