Trump defends use of signal app amid chat controversy trump addressed concerns over the use of the signal app in a recent interview, downplaying the issue and saying, there was no classified. 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. President donald trump defended national security advisor michael waltz during an ambassador meeting on monday, as his administration faces fierce backlash over the recent signal text chain leak. But, trump said, he did not believe that the disclosures demanded a criminal investigation — or even necessarily a directive banning the use of signal, the encrypted messaging chat app used by.
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. James dissects the moment trump claimed ignorance over leaked messages the group chat was confirmed as being authentic by brian hughes, a spokesman for the national security council This appears to be an authentic message chain, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.
OPEN
