And some people say Creed isn’t integral to American culture…
Yesterday, news broke that Mike Waltz, the National Security Advisor of the United States, made just about the biggest oopsie that you could imagine.
Waltz accidentally added The Atlantic journalist Jeffery Goldberg to a secretive group chat on Signal, an encrypted messaging app, titled “Houthi PC small group”. Goldberg is a long time Trump enemy responsible for pushing numerous provably false and highly likely to be false stories, namely that Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda were working together, the Gaddafi Viagra-Fueled Rape allegations, and two alleged Trump comments about military members, “Suckers and Losers” regarding soldiers killed or captured and that he wanted Hitler-like Generals.
This group chat involved nearly all of the highest level cabinet members responsible for military action, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The chat was put together to discuss plans for a strike on the Houthi’s, a Shia Islam extremist group that currently holds control of large pieces of Yemen and have been attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in support of the Palestinian people. These strikes have created lots of uncertainty in global trade and the US was weighing options for attempting to push them back to regain some control of the shipping lanes.
A lot can be said about the use of Signal to coordinate this attack but there’s no way around saying the mistake of adding journalist Jeffery Goldberg (most likely instead of US Trade Representative Jamison Greer) is an error of epic proportions. Many on both sides of the aisle have called for Waltz to resign or for Trump to fire him due to this haphazard behavior and the fact that he (and the rest of the chat) didn’t notice this stranger watching the entire conversation unfold.
Trump has made statements of support for Waltz though and it appears he will remain in his position. There are a few theories why this may be, but I believe I’ve uncovered the real reason, one that you won’t hear anywhere else…
Mike Waltz Has A Very Important Relative
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of America and huge celebrations are in the works. I live in the DC area (unfortunately) and will probably make a point of attending some of these just to say I was there, but one thing I hope happens might involve an inside track that Mike Waltz has on a very important musician and cultural figure.
Mike Waltz is married to Julia Nesheiwat, an academic and former government official who served as the 10th Homeland Security Advisor in the first Trump administration. Julia has two sisters, Janette Nesheiwat (current nominee for US Surgeon General) and Jaclyn Stapp.
Stapp… Have you heard that last name before?
Yes indeed, Jacyln is married to none other than Scott Stapp, the lead singer of Creed.
This is an insane connection. Can you imagine family parties where most people are talking about the ongoings at the absolute highest level of United States politics while Scott Stapp is letting his hair fly in the wind and reliving the glory days of the late 90’s and early aughts? I’d pay nearly anything to be a fly on the wall when she first brought him home to what I assume is a very high class family…
Worth noting that Mike Waltz’s brother-in-law is the lead singer of Creed.
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) March 25, 2025
Creed's Scott Stapp with his brother-in-law, Mike Waltz…
Yes, the National Security Advisor and guy who accidentally added a journalist to the "We're about to bomb the Houthi's" group chat… pic.twitter.com/6vOb7iWuZE
— Andrew Mies (@andrew_mies) March 25, 2025
Jacyln is a former Mrs. Florida American (2008), Miss New York USA (2004), the executive director of The Scott Stapp With Arms Wide Open Foundation, and founder of CHARM (Children Are Magical) which raises awareness of children’s issues and helps underprivileged kids with their education.
She met Scott while she was Miss New York at a Muscular Dystrophy fundraising gala in 2005 and they got married the following year. Currently, she’s also a spokesperson for Nashville Insider.
Why Mike Waltz Can’t Be Fired
With all of that being said, it’s now abundantly clear why Mike Waltz has to stay in the administration.
If he’s kicked out, there’s a zero percent chance that Creed will headline the USA 250th Anniversary festivities and if bringing the country together is the goal, can you imagine a better act to do it? Left, right, black, white, everyone loves Creed and we need to get them performing on the National Mall to crowds of hundreds of thousands if we want to fully bring Americans together, unified by our love of “One Last Breath” and “Higher”.
Again, what an insane connection and proof that this big old world can be a lot smaller than you think…
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