Wall Street Journal: Waltz organized many delicate conversations in Signal, including on the topic of the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine
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Mike Waltz, a Trump advisor, used Signal to discuss national and global security issues. After the incident with the addition of the Atlantic editor to the chat, his position wavered.
WSJ does not provide any details about the possible content of Waltz's correspondence with officials and those who may have been added to the Signal messenger chat, such as "already verified" editor-in-chief of "Atlantic" Jeffrey Goldberg. But it indicates that the position of the US presidential advisor has become weaker.
UNN reports with reference to Wall Street Journal.
Details
US President Donald Trump's national security advisor Mike Waltz discussed a number of important topics in the Signal messenger, including the issue of the Russian Federation's war and Ukraine and the possible achievement of peace.
Two US officials also said that Voltz created and conducted several other sensitive national security conversations in Signal with cabinet members, including separate topics on how to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine, as well as military operations.
WSJ sources declined to answer whether any classified information was posted in these chats.
Reference
On March 24, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he was accidentally added to a chat in Signal in which senior Trump administration officials discussed a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen.
Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a group chat by White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
According to officials, US President Trump was angry at Waltz after the incident.
According to officials, Waltz's biggest sin for Trump was not that he started the Signal chat to coordinate strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, and not even that he posted intelligence provided by Israel on an unclassified network, but that he had in his phone the number of the editor-in-chief of the magazine "The Atlantic" Jeffrey Goldberg and unintentionally added him to the conversation.
However, Trump decided to give Waltz a reprieve from the discussion about possible dismissal.
Interestingly, in an interview that aired on Sunday on NBC News' "Meet the Press," Trump said he "didn't fire people because of fake news and witch hunts." But the Signal group chat situation was confirmed.
WSJ writes that Trump seriously weighed whether to fire Waltz. But aides noted the example of Mike Flynn, a retired lieutenant general who served as Trump's advisor during the first term of the Republican president.
Then Flynn came under pressure from the media and his own team after lying to Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russia, which became the catalyst for the narrative that the novice president runs a chaotic and undisciplined administration.
Remind
The US Vice President hinted to Trump that advisor Mike Waltz should leave after the Signal chat scandal. Despite the anger, Voltz remains in office for now, but his future is in question.