Donald Trump’s instructions to his team are to attack Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic and not, as one source described it, to “produce a scalp” by firing any members of his Cabinet, Isaac Stanley-Becker and @jonlemire.bsky.social report: theatln.tc/tem2cpGG - ThreadSky

theatlantic.com • 73 days ago

Donald Trump’s instructions to his team are to attack Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic and not, as one source described it, to “produce a scalp” by firing any members of his Cabinet, Isaac Stanley-Becker and @jonlemire.bsky.social report: https://theatln.tc/tem2cpGG

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redpainter1.bsky.social•73 days ago

It's pathetic and pretty much everyone sees through it.

jashleyphoto.bsky.social•73 days ago

As a country we are in real trouble here…when you can’t trust your leaders with national security it’s clear we have NO leadership at all.

alloutof-bubblegum.bsky.social•73 days ago

He's got a face only a mortician would love

drchellem.bsky.social•73 days ago

Fired? They need to be arrested. They commited multiple crimes in that group chat.

Why is Putin's puppet being allowed to lead our country into the ground?

itstavis.bsky.social•73 days ago

Don’t fold.

winterdreaming.bsky.social•73 days ago

He will never admit that anything is wrong with his or his team’s choices.

maximumeff0rt.bsky.social•73 days ago

MAGA is using this article to try and discredit your magazine @theatlantic.com you may want to counter it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/oe202b/laurene_powel_jobs_steve_jobs_widow_and_ghislaine/?rdt=49227

skirnir.bsky.social•73 days ago

Immature and weak by the Trump administration. The US deserves much better than being governed by a bunch of inept and vengeful persons who wouldn’t last a week in a regular business. There’s a considerable lack of manners and no degree of statesmanship in any of them. Pitiful.

tentenforty.bsky.social•73 days ago

Buddy politics, literally the opposite of meritocracy

augustmom3.bsky.social•73 days ago

Everybody sees what’s going on. Trump paints himself in a corner.

nanettekapi.bsky.social•73 days ago

That is what happens when LIES are used as an excused explanation. And since #djt is a sociopathic LIAR his end stance will be in a corner wear a dunce hat.

bluegirl55.bsky.social•73 days ago

https://youtu.be/uWw6dvyUtsk?si=OetsK6rOSrO4rQqQ

shashika.bsky.social•73 days ago

The old realtor in work here!

cvhorn.bsky.social•73 days ago

tentenforty.bsky.social•73 days ago

Wow shocking and not shocking

starlightwishes.bsky.social•73 days ago

It's hard to find people as Corrupt as Trump's Clown Cabinet.

cheetah1990.bsky.social•73 days ago

🖕🖕

ridder.bsky.social•73 days ago

Which means we need to keep attacking.

taylormade56.bsky.social•73 days ago

itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social•73 days ago

The solution is not a Cabinet scalp anyway. Our national nightmare begins to end when we get a golden comb-over-and-over-and-over scalp instead.

trwbbr.bsky.social•72 days ago

Our #OrangeMenace probably doesn't have the energy to name another unqualified staffer.

sperplexitas.bsky.social•73 days ago

I'm still shocked they have not been promoted and awarded some medals. Trump is becoming beautifully woke.

pinkydlaw.bsky.social•73 days ago

He can't fire anyone. They all know the plan. If they start talking, it could be bad for him. They are to stupid to realize it puts them in jeopardy of falling out windows or their helicopter falling out of the sky.

paysonprincess.bsky.social•73 days ago

Well NOBODY is buying THE LIES coming out of The FELON'S mouth. Mr. Goldberg is VERY BRAVE to post all of the tweets. He had PROVE and they are telling LIES and it is backing firing on them. We believe Mr. Goldberg 👍👍

amberllab.bsky.social•73 days ago

What the hell @theatlantic.com? This headline is racist and anti-Indigenous and just because someone said this foul phrase doesn’t mean you need to reproduce it! Do better!!!!

belllena52.bsky.social•73 days ago

I just have a hard time believing they can order a strike without the president’s approval

amerrenaissance.bsky.social•73 days ago

Give him more rope to hang.

voidchronicler.bsky.social•73 days ago

My take is that Trump is too tired to fire anyone anymore. Low energy.

hike-bike.bsky.social•73 days ago

Does Grandpa Dum-Dum still think it was a phone call?

leftcoasteroc.bsky.social•73 days ago

As long as they persist in treating this as if it’s just a flesh wound, the longer this story will be a scandal. Also, more time allows more ridiculous details toncome to light. Fine by me, a slow bleed will kill you just as assuredly as other methods.

justthefactsnobs.bsky.social•73 days ago

Because he is the same corrupt, despicable asshole that he has always been.

dragonstonefc.bsky.social•73 days ago

He won’t go after any of his chosen staff, they were chosen because they won’t turn on him. Supposedly 🤔

andreasoni.bsky.social•73 days ago

@theatlantic.com please post if you set a a go fund me for his security and legal expenses🙏

mybookstand.bsky.social•68 days ago

https://www.alternet.org/trumps-worst-cabinet-member/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Apr.2.2025_12.50pm

pupperstate.bsky.social•73 days ago

I love how this is the framing you chose to go with and not say “President violates oath of office in not taking national security breach scandal seriously”

jbronkhorst.bsky.social•73 days ago

Deny, attack, claim victory.

coalesced.bsky.social•73 days ago

What's the fair market value on scalps these days?

mequantum.bsky.social•73 days ago

Trump ties himself to an anthill.

nanettekapi.bsky.social•73 days ago

🤔?????

mequantum.bsky.social•73 days ago

An Indian practice concomitant with scalping. In this case, the Chief Moron will likely torture himself by stonewalling this screw-up.

nanettekapi.bsky.social•73 days ago

Thanks.

lindayoung164.bsky.social•73 days ago

The judge investigating may have something to say about that. Crossing my fingers the judge files espionage charges, if not treason, against all of them, plus DOJ for impeding and investigation, and Trump.

rex-42.bsky.social•73 days ago

Hey! Media! All of you. Stop implying the idea Signal is a sole source of evidence.Trump & team seem ignorant of on-scene, Op action reports & Logs generated during Hot-Ops. Every entry; Ammo, fuel, engine runtime, pilot assigned & each’s Nav & post target debriefings are obtainable evidence too 🇺🇸🦅

rex-42.bsky.social•73 days ago

Tks. Yes. All that evidence is right there for Congress to review. Including individually debriefing ground crews, pilots and Ops Commanders. Trump and team can’t look any more brain vacant than they already look.
🇺🇸🦅

michaleenoge.bsky.social•73 days ago

Yeah, great, just keep digging.

kevholl.bsky.social•73 days ago

What, you thought our boy LG wasn’t gonna worm his way into this one? “…Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican and longtime national-security hawk, who declared that no one should lose their job over the Signal debacle.”

awoaca.bsky.social•73 days ago

Trump inherently unable to acknowledge blame; it's always someone else's fault. The 'other' as the enemy.

chicagoray.bsky.social•73 days ago

Dealing with the Trump administration is like dealing with an addict. No matter how concrete the evidence is it's never their fault. They are the victim and you are the aggressor for being it up.

nanahagg.bsky.social•73 days ago

Deny, disparage, deflect

joemmoon.bsky.social•73 days ago

Remember when all those Russian generals were being tracked using their phones and killed by the Ukrainians. Are our government officials be tracked using unencrypted phones?

writestough.bsky.social•73 days ago

Stay strong.

kpodman.bsky.social•73 days ago

“maybe it was a bad signal”

bigbluedad.bsky.social•73 days ago

After all of this, if Atlantic wanted us to know more, this should be an open article, not a ploy for addresses or subscriptions. I get it, but I'd be more inclined to subscribe if I was given a strings free gift.

prophetofboom.bsky.social•73 days ago

National security: Low priority
Protecting Trump's image: High priority

georgebrenner.bsky.social•73 days ago

Losers can’t ever admit that they are wrong

alberthubble.bsky.social•73 days ago

Honestly, if I were Goldberg, I would not even stay in the USA. It has obviously became a Mafia state by now. Musk also said they will hunt down people who talk "fake news" about Tesla. Free Speech absolutist.
USA should be down graded from "Flawed Democracy" to "Failed Democracy".

dlvr14.bsky.social•73 days ago

Maybe selfish of me but, I hope Jeff Goldberg doesn't leave the USA. We need brave and honest journalists like him here. Although, I wouldn't blame him.

gayatlelder.bsky.social•73 days ago

Always racist. Always.

raycat77.bsky.social•73 days ago

The word "jejune" comes to mind ...

adlemm.bsky.social•73 days ago

He won't fire anyone because that would be an admission of his own failure, which he is pathologically incapable of as a Malignant Narcissist sociopath... He also knows that no one will investigate or hold him accountable because the Dems are useless and the GOP are a bunch of complacent lapdogs

reallygoodclick.bsky.social•73 days ago

No, he won't fire anyone because he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to, because he needs them. He needs them, because they are his patsies. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell you Hegseth is a drunk and a loser. He is there to say "yes sir" until it's time to be sacrificed.

lancevisible.bsky.social•73 days ago

not in the least bit surprising

scruffyr.bsky.social•73 days ago

Looks like he's possessed. By a ghost worse than Scrooge's. Roy Cohn. "Remember, deny, detract, deflect. Just never apologize!" Goldberg is a hero.

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