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It not only embarrassed participants in the conversion, like Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. It called into question the competence of President Donald Trump’s national-security team and the process by which it communicates and shares information at the highest level.
If, as appears to be the case, it was Waltz’s office that was responsible for connecting Goldberg to the chat, it’s something he’ll never entirely live down, even if Trump is prepared to forgive him.
The worst administration blunder didn’t involve the group chat about Yemen or any other issue that the president’s critics are obsessed with. Instead, it was the comments of Steve Witkoff, his special envoy to the Middle East, on “The Tucker Carlson Show” podcast. The interview made clear that the person Trump has tasked with conducting negotiations about the war in Gaza and the release of the hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, is utterly clueless about malign actors like Qatar, Iran and its terrorist proxies.
More to the point, Witkoff’s decision to appear on a podcast that in recent months has been a platform for Holocaust deniers, antisemites, Israel-bashers and conspiracy theorists also shows that Carlson’s ongoing inclusion in the Trump family’s inner circle is a potential source of trouble that may come back to bite the president in the long run.
If, as appears to be the case, it was Waltz’s office that was responsible for connecting Goldberg to the chat, it’s something he’ll never entirely live down, even if Trump is prepared to forgive him.
The worst administration blunder didn’t involve the group chat about Yemen or any other issue that the president’s critics are obsessed with. Instead, it was the comments of Steve Witkoff, his special envoy to the Middle East, on “The Tucker Carlson Show” podcast. The interview made clear that the person Trump has tasked with conducting negotiations about the war in Gaza and the release of the hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, is utterly clueless about malign actors like Qatar, Iran and its terrorist proxies.
More to the point, Witkoff’s decision to appear on a podcast that in recent months has been a platform for Holocaust deniers, antisemites, Israel-bashers and conspiracy theorists also shows that Carlson’s ongoing inclusion in the Trump family’s inner circle is a potential source of trouble that may come back to bite the president in the long run.
