Trump calls criticism of waltz over group chat ‘unfair’ the president brushed aside questions about if anyone would lose their job over the controversy, saying the embattled national security. President donald trump seemed to blame national security advisor mike waltz for the signal chat scandal, telling reporters he always thought the former florida congressman was behind it. National security adviser mike waltz has taken full responsibility for creating the signal group chat Newsweek's live blog is closed. President trump said his national security adviser, mike waltz, learned a lesson after he opened up a secret chat of trump officials to a reporter. President trump downplayed a security breach involving a journalist added to a sensitive government chat
Critics raised concerns over the use of a commercially available app, signal, for such sensitive discussions. Trump defends waltz after signal leak, slams journalist involved as a ‘sleazebag’ president donald trump downplayed the texting of sensitive military plans to a signal group chat that included an editor for the atlantic saying “it wasn’t classified information” and slammed the journalist mistakenly added to the chat as a “sleazebag.”
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