How the Trump administration has downplayed the Signal chat scandal

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

“Mistake.” “Glitch.” “Entirely permissible.” “Hoax.”

Those are among the varied and shifting responses President Donald Trump and his allies have put forth since Monday’s revelation that top Cabinet officials had discussed an upcoming military strike in the messaging app Signal — and that a civilian, Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to the group chat by national security adviser Michael Waltz’s account.

Over the first 72 hours, the administration downplayed the incident and blamed Trump’s enemies, while leaving unanswered questions about whether Signal was a secure medium to list strike times and weapons, why those strike details would not have been classified and how the administration discusses national security matters.

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March 24
The White House said it was investigating the mistake, while Trump, his allies and the Cabinet officials on the group chat largely remained silent for the day. That evening, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used three lines of response that would quickly become central to the administration’s approach: Deny the contents of the chat amounted to war plans. Urge Americans to focus on the success of the Yemen attacks. Discredit the journalist by baselessly claiming he makes up hoaxes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-signal-chat-leak-response/

[Lovie777]

1. It's still alive and well....

[gab13by13]

2. Democrats can counter the Magats

Too bad they are terrible at messaging.

Should be calling for Hegseth and Waltz to resign every damn day. Magats are using their personal phones on Signal, and Signal self-deletes the conversations.

[Prairie Gates]

4. Again?

[Prairie Gates]

3. This is like the third story on how they "successfully" downplayed it from different sources

Almost as if the Admin is feeding stories about how they successfully downplayed it. Meanwhile, people have been laughing at these fools for days across media, Hegseth is now being scrutinized about his wife and brother, Vance's Greenland trip is a giant cock up, and the whole national security apparatus is a national laughingstock.

Journalists (and internet posters) shouldn't be such suckers for administration spin. This buckled their knees, and don't let them tell you otherwise.