US Edition‘They fired the wrong guy’: Blowtorch turns to Hegseth as Waltz pays for Signalgate
- National Security Advisor Mike Waltz resigned after mistakenly adding journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat on military strike plans in March 2025.
- Waltz created the group where officials debated imminent strikes on Houthi targets, and bipartisan criticism arose that his position had become untenable.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, also involved in Signal chats with sensitive information, remains under Pentagon investigation but retains President Trump’s support.
- Democratic Senators Mark Warner, Mark Kelly, and Chuck Schumer condemned Hegseth, with Kelly stating, "If anyone should get canned, it's Hegseth."
- Waltz’s resignation underscores instability and security risks within the administration and raises ongoing concerns about leadership and information handling.
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Letter: Hegseth Fires Leakers, Yet ...
Pete Hegseth has shown himself to be quite adept at firing those whom he expects to be leakers of information about his failures. In contrast, the President and Commander in Chief appears to be unable to fire Hegseth for repeatedly…
More on Hegseth's future after Waltz's departure; potential military parade for Trump's birthday
Questions about Secretary of State Pete Hegseth's future remain after news came out of Mike Waltz's departure as national security adviser. This comes as the defense officials confirm a potential military parade for President Trump's birthday. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
How do you get fired from the Trump administration?
Lateral moves instead of scalps in Trump 2.0 “You’re fired” is the phrase that catapulted Donald Trump into the public imagination two decades ago – but it’s something that he seems reticent to tell the people who work in his administration. Trump briefly set the world on fire (again!) after everyone learned that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was… leaving. One Trumpworld veteran told Cockburn that Waltz’s departure was a “disaster.” While…
'Never seen anybody this incompetent': Sen. Warner says Hegseth is the 'worst' Defense Secretary
President Trump nominated Mike Waltz for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations after removing him as National Security Advisor. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joins Chris Jansing to share why he believes Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should also be removed, saying incidents like Signalgate are making the nation "less safe."
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