During a fiery segment of The View’s March 25 episode, moderator Whoopi Goldberg didnโt hold back as she took aim at former Trump administration officials following the leak of a group chat that reportedly revealed sensitive U.S. military plans.
The controversy stems from a recent exposรฉ by The Atlantic, which reported that top national security officials under Donald Trump, including his former defense secretary, shared detailed plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen via a group text on a private messaging app.
Alarmingly, one of the chat participants was The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who disclosed the contents in his report.
According to The Atlantic, the leaked messages discussed operational plans for attacks on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The texts reportedly included sensitive information such as target locations, the types of weapons to be used, and the precise order of strikes.
The segment on The View began with co-host Sunny Hostin pointing out the bizarre use of emojis in the chatโspecifically the American flag and fire emojiโwhich underscored the casual and inappropriate tone of the conversation.
Former White House communications director and current co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin expressed shock at the lack of professionalism shown by high-ranking national security officials. โIโve never seen anything like it,โ she said, visibly baffled by the informality of the exchange.
Whoopi Goldberg: โEven I Could Do a Better Job Than Thisโ
As the panel discussed the leaked screenshots, Goldberg delivered one of the episodeโs most memorable lines.
โI canโt. The whole thingโI canโt,โ she said with a laugh. โEven I could do a better job than this.โ
She continued, slamming the recklessness of sending classified material over a group text: โI would at least know not to send classified stuff because โbad charactersโ can see it. Even I know that! I mean, come on. And here yโall are fooling around, doing the emojis.โ
Her comments drew laughter from the rest of the panel and the live studio audience, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.