Investing.com -- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte confirmed on Wednesday that Europe continues to trust the U.S. administration, even after the revelation that a journalist was part of a group chat involving national security aides. This chat was used to coordinate U.S. military strikes against militants in Yemen.

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported on Monday that he was unexpectedly added to an encrypted group chat on the Signal messaging app. The Atlantic released screenshots of the chat on Wednesday. These images show that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted plans to eliminate a Houthi militant leader in Yemen. These messages were sent two hours prior to a military operation, a detail that is usually kept as a closely guarded secret.

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