President donald trump confirmed that multiple employees within the national security council were fired thursday, adding to national security advisor mike waltz's recent political woes that have. Critics raised concerns over the use of a commercially available app, signal, for such sensitive discussions. 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.
Trump backs Mike Waltz over Signal chat leak of war plans | Semafor
The white house stood by waltz, politico reported, after he and trump smoothed over any frictions by tuesday afternoon after speaking multiple times about the atlantic story a day earlier.
President trump downplayed a security breach involving a journalist added to a sensitive government chat