Trump Says He Won't 'Fire People' Over Signal Messages, Reiterates Support Of National Security Team

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/AP

Mar 29, 2025, 09:21 PM EDT


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday made his clearest commitment to not fire anyone over an embarrassing accidental leak of his administration’s plans for an airstrike against the Houthis in Yemen.

“I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News’ Kristen Welker. He also said that he had confidence in Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, and Pete Hegseth, his Pentagon chief.

Waltz inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic magazine, to a group text using the Signal encrypted messaging service where top officials were discussing plans to attack the Houthis. During the chat, Hegseth included details on how the strike would unfold before it took place. Afterwards, The Atlantic published an article on the internal exchange, shocking the national security establishment.

Trump is eager to avoid repeating some of the turnover that characterized his first term. Mike Flynn, his first national security adviser, was pushed out after only a few weeks during the early phase of the Russia investigation. He’s also shown resistance to bowing to outside pressure, especially if it comes from the news media.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-attack-plans-messages-trump-mike-waltz-pete-hegseth_n_67e89bade4b04645d33091c8

[Javaman]

1. What a bunch of bumble fucks

Led by king bumble fuck

[Irish_Dem]

2. He does not care about the lives of military and CIA.

They are totally expendable and not important.

[wyn borkins]

3. We Don't Need No Silly Security

What he notes as 'fake news' and 'witch hunts' was a U.S. security blunder of epic proportions.

Perhaps worthy of another impeachment for not recognizing the gravity of the violations and for not issuing severe punishment to those involved.

[gab13by13]

4. Well well well

So we know Trump's position on SignalGate, when will we know Democrats' position?

Without a unified Democratic message SignalGate is going to disappear, just like the messages self-delete.

Hegseth and Waltz must resign or be fired by Krasnov. Personal phones that are being used on Signal must be screened for mal ware. Democrats must demand that the Houthi war plans communications be shown that they were saved on a government device, if not, every member on that Signal chat must be investigated and prosecuted for failure to preserve government communications which is punishable for up to 10 years in prison.

What say you Chuck? Is it time to take a stand yet? Maybe after the book tour?

[PuraVidaDreamin]

5. Which I translate as tRump fully supports Putin and Russia's

full destruction of Democracy.

[sop]

6. "I don't fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts."

"I fire people for not being abjectly obsequious and unquestioningly loyal...and if they don't compliment me enough."

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Sure, fire thousands of federal workers in federal agencies and claim

"poor performance" as justification and without evidence. That's allowed.

Versus the Signal Fiasco characters.

[Scrivener7]

8. And the press, which hounded Hillary for the buttery mails for years, will play right along.

[Escape]

9. Trump has obviously been ordered..

by Putin, to take Greenland.

[Mysterian]

10. They were doing everything according to Project 2025

except for inviting the reporter.

[Crowman2009]

11. Not surprising from the fundie Christian "rules for thee, not for me" crowd.

[OnlinePoker]

12. Can you imagine if this had happened during the Biden administration?

The MAGAts would be screaming for impeachment of the whole administration.

[sakabatou]

23. Yep, they'd be screaming for Biden's resignation/arrest

[bluestarone]

13. Impeachment or shooting squad. I don't care which one.

Yea i know.

[Bengus81]

14. No surprise...it would make Trump look like a dumb shit for hiring them

[yardwork]

15. Trump is not in charge.

Musk's little kid told him that.

[mdbl]

16. He'll just fire everyone else trying to keep the country safe and secure

and keep the dumbasses.

[hay rick]

17. Not sure it's reasonable to expect minions to act more responsibly than their boss.

He certainly doesn't think so.

[JHB]

18. Undermining national security is his GOAL. It's a feature, not a bug.

There is no bottom to how weak this man is. He's in charge of a vastly more powerful nation. He has a cult that will excuse anything, no matter how foul the kompromat Vladdy-boy has on him is.

Yet he unflinchingly does his master's bidding.

Maybe we should give him yet another derisive nickname: Igor.

[IronLionZion]

19. Are they going to stop using Signal?

Why would any American ally share intel with the meritocracy of super genius DUI hires?

[sakabatou]

20. So, either he's lying, and will fire people

Or he approves of what was leaked or the use of Signal to get around Congress.

[Martin68]

21. Like everything Trump says, this is entirely conditional on how the decision not to fire affects him, personally.

Everything he says is always subject to change on that basis.

[maliaSmith]

22. Midterm election

If Democrats took over Senate in midterms, we could have a Senate trial, couldn't we? How many times have they used aps like Signal to communicate so there is no record of their crimes

[pandr32]

24. So their horrendous breaches of National security and classified intel...

is fake news?
We can not let him dodge this with that usual cover.

[republianmushroom]

25. Lock them up, lock them up.

[Blue Owl]

26. If ever there was a reason to fire a bunch of idiots.....

This proves what a shallow, petty fuck he is and the worst leader ever…. I mean, really…….

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Donald Trump's instructions to his team are not to "produce a scalp" by firing any members of his Cabinet

This is all about ego

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

28. Delusional Don

Following Putin's orders

[Turbineguy]

29. It is after all...

a kakistocracy.

Incompetence r us.

[Karasu]

30. Because this administration doesn't value competence. Only loyalty. True fascists through and through.

[liberal N proud]

31. There is not one shred of decency among all of them

They are the lowest criminals in history of America and will likely go lower.

[Godot51]

32. Jobs

"We only fire people for actually doing their jobs".

[Attilatheblond]

33. But he allows a drugged up spoiled brat billionaire fire people who are actually engaged in PUBLIC SERVICE

We don't have a government, we have a bunch of insane criminals who work for Putin.

[SSJVegeta]

34. Well duh. Why would a criminal ringleader fire criminals? He will only fire non-criminals.