US President Donald Trump shows any responsibility for his government’s drastic security breakdown with sensitive military information in a group chat. “I was not involved,” he told the right station Newsmax on Tuesday evening (local time). At the same time, he was satisfied with the previous explanations of his cabinet members to the process. He feels comfortable with what he heard.
Trump assigned the fault to an employee who worked for his national security advisor Mike Waltz at a lower level. Before Trump’s statements, Waltz, on the other hand, had taken full responsibility to ensure that the editor-in-chief of the “Atlantic” magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, had received access to the sensitive communication around a US military blow against the Huthi militia in Yemen. “An employee was not responsible,” he said to the news channel Fox News on Tuesday evening (local time).
Information on military action in Yemen and contempt for Europe
Goldberg was accidentally invited to the group chat of several ministers and senior government members at the Messenger app Signal and was able to read plans for the upcoming US military campaign in Yemen live. In the chat, a remarkable contempt for Europe also became clear, as shown by the “Atlantic” excerpts.
For example, Vice President JD Vance is quoted with the words: “I just hate helping Europe out of the term.” Another participant, which is supposed to be defense Minister Pete Hegseth, replies: “I full your disgust before the European Schmarotzen. That is pathetic.” Trump also shared the assessment later when asked at a press date that Europe parasitic.
The US President said in the group chat about the upcoming military operation, in which the journalist had gotten for unexplained reasons, no secret information was exchanged, insofar as he understood it. However, he emphasized that he only knew what had been told.
Waltz speaks of embarrassment
Waltz said Fox News that he himself formed the group. That was embarrassing. However, he did not know how the journalist’s number of the journalist came into his cell phone and this group. Perhaps a contact in his address book in the cell phone was saved with a different number.
He never hit the “Atlantic” editor Goldberg – a Trump hater, scum and loser, as he called him – and never sent him a text message, said Waltz. In coordination with the Trump confidant Elon Musk, who became rich as a tech entrepreneur, the best technicians would now get to the bottom of the matter.
The security advisor also made it clear that he did not want Goldberg to publish the entire course of the Chats, which was only published in excerpts,.
Trump takes Waltz under protection
Trump had previously protected Waltz in the White House and said: “He is a very good man and he will continue to do a good job.”
The fact that high -rise government members exchange sensitive information about the commercial app signal triggered outrage. The fact that details were discussed there about an upcoming military strike and that a journalist was accidentally included in the group ensures bewilderness. The misstep hits high waves and made headlines beyond the United States. Several Democrats call for personnel consequences.
