Bill Maher Mocks Trump Administration’s Yemen Attack Plans Leak: “They’re All Using Emojis”

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I sat down for my usual gaming session, but this time it was Real Time on HBO that had my attention. Bill Maher didn’t mince words, diving right into the major news of the week: “The first genuine, authentic scandal to hit the Trump administration.

To begin the broadcast, the show’s presenter playfully jabbed at the controversy that ensued when some top-tier national security figures accidentally included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine in a Signal group chat about military strategies, specifically a proposed airstrike in Yemen.

During his opening monologue, Maher revealed that the entire U.S. national security team, including the Secretary of Defense, Vice President, CIA Director, and Head of the Department of Homeland Security, were all participating in a group chat on Signal. This messaging service is safer than regular ones, but it’s not completely secure, as they are discussing sensitive matters like the recent Houthis attacks on Yemeni shipping lanes.

The defense team is in a group chat and includes a journalist who they claim was on someone’s contact list,” the humorist went on, followed by a jab, “Today, every teenager in America is making parents question their concerns about excessive screen time.

As an enthusiast, I couldn’t help but poke fun at the way those in national security handle confidential data so carelessly, chatting it away as if it were just casual texting.

Once more, these are our protective squad, the national security experts, the mature individuals, and they’re all using emojis. You know, fire symbols, muscle flexes, and fist bumps,” he explained. “In case the mission didn’t succeed, it would have been a sad face or a palm-to-forehead gesture.

Indeed, it’s great that we seem to have moved past the previous administration and returned to mature leadership, the host quipped humorously. ‘Mr. Vice President, take a look at this if you will,’ he said, showing an image that, in less formal terms, could be described as a self-portrait.

Later, Maher countered President Donald Trump’s statement that the content on the Signal text chain was unclassified and merely “attack plans,” not “war plans.

Maher retorted with a casual dismissal, saying, ‘Really now?’ No one’s lost their job due to this, and it seems like every B-list celebrity is asking, ‘Where was this leniency when I was on The Apprentice?’

A few days following the leak’s disclosure, The Atlantic published the text messages containing details about planned attacks against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The individuals gracing the most recent installment of “Real Time” were Governor Gavin Newsom from California, linguist John McWhorter of America, and political analyst Rikki Schlott.

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2025-03-29 06:54