"Waltz learned the lesson": Trump supported the advisor after the leak of military plans in Signal
Kyiv • UNN
Donald Trump supported Mike Waltz after the incident with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic getting into a closed chat where military plans were discussed. Trump said the situation did not affect the military operation.
U.S. President Donald Trump supported his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a closed chat of senior officials in the Signal messaging app, where military plans were being discussed. Trump commented on the situation in an interview with NBC News, UNN writes.
Michael Waltz learned his lesson, and he's a good person," Трамп сказав у вівторок у телефонному інтерв'ю.
Trump's comments were his first substantive remarks since The Atlantic published a story detailing how journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to a group chat in the messenger where plans for military strikes in Yemen were being discussed.
Trump said that Goldberg's presence in the chat had "no impact" on the military operation.
When asked what he was told about how Goldberg was added to the Signal chat, Trump said, "One of Michael's people was on the phone. The employee had his number."
The U.S. President expressed confidence in his team, saying that he is not disappointed by the events leading up to The Atlantic story. According to Trump, the situation was "the only one in two months, and it turned out to be insignificant."
The Atlantic story caused shock in Washington on Monday. Democratic lawmakers demanded answers from the White House in several letters, one of which from a group of Senate Democrats called the situation "a surprisingly careless approach to national security."
Leading Democrats on the House Armed Services, Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees wrote a separate letter insisting on answers about other instances where senior officials discussed national security matters "using the Signal messaging service or any other messaging service program that has not been approved."
White House officials defended the chat, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth saying on Monday that "no one was texting about military plans." White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt also said on Tuesday that military plans were not discussed and "no classified material was sent to the branch."
