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Trump downplays national security team texting military operation

President Donald Trump downplayed a texting incident involving military plans as 'the only glitch in two months' of his administration.
Democratic lawmakers criticized the White House for carelessly handling sensitive information, highlighting that specific details about the military strike were discussed.
National security adviser Mike Waltz admitted uncertainty about a journalist being included in a group chat, which led to concerns over using the app Signal for sensitive discussions.
Senator Mark Warner expressed that the security lapse could have endangered lives, with Democrats calling for accountability over the incident during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

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MSNBC

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'Two perfect months?!': Trump's rationalization of insecure group chat scandal backfires

Donald Trump says the scandal over his top officials discussing secret military plans in an unsecured group chat is just a "glitch" in an otherwise perfect first two months in office. Rachel Maddow looks back to help Trump jog his memory and realize that "perfect" is probably not the best word for what has happened so far in Trump's second term.

2 days ago·United States

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Al Jazeera

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What’s the fallout of the US security breach?

Donald Trump downplays the disclosure of sensitive military information.

3 days ago·Qatar

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The London Economic

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Donald Trump says his government has had 'two perfect months'

Trump said his government has had "two perfect months" following the journalist group chat scandal his administration has been embroiled in.

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Latin Times

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Trump Still Experiences 'Throbbing Feeling' in His Ear From Assassination Attempt: 'God Saved Me'

President Donald Trump reflected on the attempt on his life last year, revealing that he still feels a "throbbing feeling" in his ear from the attack.

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Commentary Magazine

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Does the Signal Scandal Matter?

Eli Lake joins us today to discuss the continuing fallout from the inadvertent addition of a journalist to a discussion at the highest levels of America's military operation against the

3 days ago

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The Conversation

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Signal chat group affair: unprecedented security breach will seriously damage US international relations – expert view

Plans for an attack against an enemy target are classified in America. But the private views of high-ranking officials about allies, communicated within government, must also count as intelligence to be protected. The recent communication of this category of information over the Signal messaging app has been dismissed by the US president, Donald Trump as a mere “glitch”. It is definitely that. But it also raises the prospect that in his first tw…

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