Jon Stewart Jokes Trump’s Defense Secretary Was ‘Distracted by ‘White Lotus” When Accidentally Leaking War Plans to The Atlantic: ‘Oopsie Poopsie’

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Jack Dunn On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart went after President Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, for leaking top secret U.S.

war plans to The Atlantic by accidentally including the publication’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, in a group chat. Before diving into the brief segment, Stewart sarcastically prefaced the audience by saying he wanted to provide a “quick update on an administration that is, once again, carrying out its planswith competence and professionalism.” Stewart then played a series of news clips illustrating the situation.

They explained that Hegseth had mistakenly included Goldberg in a group chat on Signal meant to discuss attack plans on Huthi rebels in Yemen.

Other individuals in the chat included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, according to Goldberg’s story detailing the incident, which he published Monday. “Oopsie poopsie!” Stewart exclaimed. “You know, back in my day, if you were a journalist who wanted leaked war documents, you had to work the sources, meet them in dark garages, you earned trust, pound the pavement.