Breaking News: President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense has sparked controversy, with critics arguing it was a misstep due to Hegseth’s lack of security credentials….Read More 👇

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was personally picked by Donald Trump, but it seems the former National Guard major forgot how important security is. Recent news alleges that he shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen via a private Signal group chat.

A Security Breach Happened Twice
New York Times reported this weekend, that sources in the know claimed that the chat in March this year, “included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen.” Some of the participants allegedly included “his wife, brother and personal lawyer,” according to four different people.

To make matters worse, Hegseth allegedly used his private phone to access the chat group, and not his government-issued one. The outlet argued that Jennifer, his wife, had no need to be in the know about military deployments. Previously, she worked for Fox News.

Plus, while his brother and lawyer do work in the Pentagon, why would they need to know the Yemen strike details? It’s not the first such breach according to the outlet. Donald Trump face calls to get rid of the senior administration official who seems to have erred and could have placed the lives of Americans at risk.

Many people responded in the comments when ABC shared the news on YouTube. Naturally, there is a lot of concern. Additionally, a lot of people talked about why on earth Pete Hegseth’s wife is so involved when she doesn’t work for the government. More folks think that Trump made a mistake by picking him for the position in the first place.

Reactions In The Discussion
One unhappy viewer commented, in the discussion, “Why is he bringing his wife to some of his briefing[s]. That’s something else that should be brought up.”

More people picked up on that, here is another example of that: “What’s with the wife? She has no clearance. They all need to go.”

Meanwhile, dripping with sarcasm, someone else wrote, “Nothing like having an online family get together and sharing your war plans.”

Even before his appointment as the U.S. Secretary of Defense, there were concerns that Donald Trump’s pick didn’t have enough qualifications or experience for the job. So, someone added, “That’s so weird, it’s almost as if he’s completely unqualified for the job.”

Often, on social media, those who don’t support Trump will troll because they can. However, it seems that this breach, which follows another one involving the unintentional inclusion of the editor of The Atlantic, has raised the antennas of worried citizens.