Of course, it also served as the perfect inspiration for plenty of memes capturing both the shock and sheer absurdity of the situation. Here’s a roundup of the wildest Pete Hegseth group chat ...

Social media users were quick to seize on to memes and jokes after The Atlantic's top editor was added to a national security group chat on Signal.

Goldberg, himself, chose to leave the group chat; no one noticed ... And when words fail us, memes deliver. Yes, the topic of said chat was warfare and killing people—but some social media ...