The White House reacts to leaks and scandal with communication through the Signal application

The White House announced that “Steps” was taken to ensure that there would be no more situation in which tall -ranking Trump administration officials discuss the US war plans on the Signal messenger.

President spokeswoman Donald Trump Karoline Leavitt did not explain what exactly “taking steps” would consist of, but she told reporters that the White House considers the case closed.

Signal scandal

In recent weeks in USA A scandal broke out when the editor -in -chief of Jeffrey Goldberg magazine in the magazine described how mistakenly added to the closed chat on the Signal messengerin which leading members of the American administration discussed the attack on the Yemenian rebels.

The journalist received access to detailed surgery plans two hours before hitting. The conversations were attended by, among others: boss Pentagon Pete HegeSeth, US Vice President JD Vance and President's Advisor for National Security Michael Waltz. The authenticity of the disclosed messages was confirmed by the spokesman of the National Security Council Brian Hughes.

Problems of Trump's adviser

The daily “Wall Street Journal” wrote on Monday, citing two representatives of the current administration that Waltz “organized a number of other sensitive conversations on Signal on the subject of national security with the participation of office members, including separate threads about how to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine, and about military operations. “

The newspaper's interlocutors did not reveal the details of these discussions and refused to determine whether they discussed classified information.

“WSJ” also wrote about the weakening position of Waltz in the White House. The newspaper reported that Donald Trump, although publicly supported his adviser, was furious at him after appearing in the media of reports.

Trump was to ask people around his surroundings if he should slow down Waltz, but ultimately after meeting him, he decided not to do it. He publicly stated that Waltz is a “very good man” who “drew conclusions” and the case with his participation is blown and is an example of “witch hunt”.

According to WSJ, Trump managed the reluctance to grant the liberal media that revealed the case, which Trump also suggested in public statements. According to one of the interlocutors of the Waltz newspaper, he would be released if one of the right -wing letters discovered the case.