Officials: Trump Refuses to Fire Waltz or Others Linked to Signal Chat Leak
Donald Trump has refrained from dismissing National Security Adviser Mike Waltz or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth due to the controversial Signal group chat incident, for fear that such actions could imply acknowledgment of wrongdoing and appear as though they were conceding triumph to the Atlantic Magazine, according to White House insiders. According to officials, the president has shown more concern over the revelation that Waltz possessed the contact information of the editor-in-chief of a magazine Trump dislikes, rather than focusing on whether the plans might have been confidential or about them being exchanged through an unclassified commercial application. Related: Personal information of Trump associates in Signal controversy exposed online: report However, once Waltz acknowledged taking charge of including a journalist in the Signal group, Trump publicly backed him and stated that Waltz had gotten the message. According to officials, Trump hasn’t requested ...