Pete Hegseth speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Vice President JD Vance in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Donald Trump’s national security team called Europe “pathetic” and “freeloaders” in their explosive group chat which was just leaked.A journalist was accidentally added to a private conversation between senior members of the president’s cabinet on the commercial encrypted messaging app, Signal, earlier this month – meaning he could read their top secret plans to launch airstrikes on Yemen.The chat included clear details about weapons, targets and timings ahead of the March 15 strike, which went on to kill more than 50 people.The airstrikes were intended to deter Houthi rebels who, to try and hurt Israel’s allies, have been launching attacks on commercial ships travelling through the Red Sea and to and from the Suez Canal.The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg then shared details of the shocking conversations