Amid demands for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth\u2019s resignation due to a leaked Signal chat containing information about a military strike in Yemen, President Donald Trump supported Hegseth on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
After Hegseth sent administration officials information about the strike in a Signal chat that unintentionally included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, who published the full messages on Wednesday morning, the president discussed the controversy.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of the controversy, when a number of Congressional Democrats called for Hegseth to resign, reporters asked Trump if he should think about doing so.<\/p>\n
He has nothing to do with this; Hegseth is doing a fantastic job. Hegseth. How is Hegseth involved in this? Trump answered.<\/p>\n
The president acknowledged to DailyMail.com that Mike Waltz, his national security advisor in the White House, accepted responsibility for Goldberg\u2019s unintentional inclusion in the Signal chat.<\/p>\n
\u201cMike Waltz\u201d I suppose he claimed responsibility. Nobody else had anything to do with it. When questioned about the probe, Trump remarked, \u201cI guess, I don\u2019t know, I was told it was Mike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump once more downplayed the controversy surrounding Hegseth\u2019s sharing of classified information that might have jeopardized the operation, focusing instead on the mission\u2019s success.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attack was incredibly successful that night, so there was no harm done,\u201d Trump claimed.<\/p>\n
The president questioned whether the Signal app was functioning properly and why Democrats were demanding Hegseth\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all a witch hunt, you see. Trump stated, \u201cYou want to know if Signal works or not. To be honest with you, I don\u2019t know if Signal works. I think that Signal could be defective.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although it is not regarded as a secure platform for classified information, the encrypted app that removes messages after they have been received is widely used for communications in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou, we, and everyone else use Signal, but we\u2019ll need to determine whether it\u2019s a functioning platform or not.\u201d Trump stated.<\/p>\n
Hegseth\u2019s resignation was demanded by Democratic Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego of Arizona for disclosing information about the operation on the platform.<\/p>\n
Kelly wrote on X that the Signal incident was the result of having the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re fortunate that no service members lost their lives, but Secretary Hegseth must step down for the sake of our nation and our military,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis might have resulted in the deaths of our men and women!\u201d Social media posts were made by Gallego.<\/p>\n
He went on. \u201cThe Defense Secretary must step down.\u201d It\u2019s embarrassing how inept they are and how they covered it up.<\/p>\n
In response, Hegseth blasted The Atlantic on Tuesday for misrepresenting his texts as \u201cwar plans\u201d and insisted he did not divulge any classified material during the conversation.<\/p>\n
The so-called \u201cwar plans,\u201d which were made public by the Atlantic, include: No names. No targets. No places. No units. No paths. No references. No techniques. \u201cNo classified information, either,\u201d he added. \u201cThose war plans are really shit.\u201d<\/p>\n
On March 15, Hegseth texted a \u2018Team Update\u2019 to the Signal group of top Trump administration officials, giving them advance notice of the scheduled military strikes\u2019 times and weaponry.<\/p>\n
Hegseth texted, \u201cThis is when the first bombs will definitely drop,\u201d revealing the timing of the operations, which involved the use of sea-based Tomahawk missiles and F-18s.<\/p>\n
However, Hegseth maintained that he was merely giving a \u201cteam update\u201d and that he had not disclosed any \u201cwar plans.\u201d<\/p>\n
My responsibility is to provide real-time updates to the team. \u201cEveryone is kept informed with general updates in real time,\u201d he said. What I did was that. That\u2019s what I do.<\/p>\n
Sen. Marco Rubio also addressed inquiries regarding the incident on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly, there was a mistake\u2014a significant one\u2014and a journalist was added,\u201d Rubio stated. \u201cI have nothing against reporters, but you shouldn\u2019t be on that thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rubio referenced the Pentagon\u2019s claim that the text thread contained no classified material.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe operation and the lives of our servicemen were never in danger due to any of the information on there,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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