Hillary Clinton Takes Aim at 'Dumb' Trump Administration Over Signal Chat Leak

Hillary Clinton unleashed a scathing critique of the Trump administration in a Friday essay published by the New York Times, branding its handling of the recent Signal chat leak as "dumb" and accusing the team of outright recklessness.

The former secretary of state didn't mince words, lambasting President Donald Trump and his officials for what she described as a careless disregard for both national security and federal record-keeping laws. "It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity," Clinton wrote, pointing out that the administration jeopardized military plans by using a commercial messaging app and even accidentally included a journalist in sensitive conversations. "That’s dangerous. And it’s just dumb," she declared.

The uproar stems from reports that Trump officials unwittingly added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat discussing military strikes in Yemen. The revelation left Clinton incredulous, prompting her to post on X earlier this week, saying, "You have got to be kidding me." This incident adds a new layer of irony, given that Clinton's own use of a private email server during her tenure at the State Department was a central controversy in her 2016 presidential campaign.

In her essay, Clinton doubled down on the theme of intelligence—or lack thereof. Contrasting what she referred to as the Trump administration's "dumb power" with the "smart power" she claimed to employ as the first secretary of state under President Obama, she painted a grim picture of America's global standing under Trump. "Instead of a strong America using all our strengths to lead the world and confront our adversaries, Mr. Trump’s America will be increasingly blind and blundering, feeble and friendless," she wrote.

Clinton criticized a wide array of Trump administration policies, including cuts to USAID, embassy closures, and layoffs in intelligence agencies. The essay also took aim at DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), likening its "slash-and-burn approach" to wrecking the government rather than reinventing it. She drew a stark contrast with her husband's Reinventing Government initiative in the 1990s, which she hailed as a thoughtful streamlining effort that modernized bureaucracy and saved billions.

The Signal chat leak has dominated headlines this week, with The Atlantic publishing private messages that it claims reveal a severe national security breach. Trump officials, however, insist no classified information was shared in the chat, maintaining that "nobody’s texting war plans." Amid the ongoing controversy, Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment, though no response has been reported.