In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser in the wake of the Signal leak. But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice. Read an inside account of Trump’s deliberations over what to do about Michael Waltz.
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Según el manual de la instalación de autocracias que han implantado a nivel mundial en países como Venezuela, España, México, Colombia y países alrededor de Rusia. Trump va a defender a Waltz hasta el final. No lo va a despedir.
This scandal will not go away. What desperate move will Trump take to distract us from his incompetent national security appointments? People are saying he will start a war.
So this clown-car is, apparently, the response of these exceptionally qualified folks to the regulations that require records of all official communications. "Rules?, rules, we don't need no stinking rules."
I had read, can't remember where, that this administration had adopted 'Signal' as the preferred method of communicating. Wrong as that all is, if Waltz was complying with Trump's policy, he shouldn't be fired. Should he? This IS Trump, though. Anyone can be tossed to the wolves.
2025 will go down in history as when the social experiment called the “United States of AMERICA” crashed due to the most self-righteous incompetent leadership ever voted in by the experiment’s participants.
Wouldn't he have to fire them all? Accidentally adding a reporter is what made it visible but openly discussing obviously classified war plans on personal devices and an over the counter app is the actual problem.
It’s Pete Hegseth that should be at the front of the line. Yes- Waltz set up the call, but it’s Hegseth that made the decision to share top secret info.
DT’s national security strategy: pretend nothing’s wrong, then panic behind the scenes. Michael Waltz leaks classified info on Signal, and instead of action, we get PR damage control. This is not leadership—it’s reckless, dangerous, and pathetic.
The despot is always interested in what his clown posse thinks: 1. He's not capable of leadership; 2. If he follows their counsel and it goes wrong, he can blame it on them.
Casting around for advice? Or completely stumped on what to do? He's so weak, he daren't fire any of them even when in any sane administration he should.
The amount of long-term damage Trump is doing to US credibility and to its reputation is astronomical. They will be damaged for decades after he is gone, which we hope is soon.
Change is destruction. All change. Some gradual change in productive directions over a graceful period of time will improve a system. We are all dependent in systems he is destroying. If one destroys quickly, no good will take its place quickly.
Maybe he should stock up on a few of these. And maybe he should consider his Chief of Staff as well, as apparently he was unaware of the chat and its contents.
Why is he asking for advice? .... He never takes it.
It's another subterfuge for someone else to blame .
Like the schoolyard bully pointing a finger ...." He did it!"
And, as a journalist would about a source, Goldberg won't say why he and Waltz have been communicating, so there might be something to Trump's misdirected concerns. Or maybe Goldberg is just trying to drive Trump crazy 😂
Fire the lot of them and start over again! No organization can have people in senior leadership roles mess up like this and remain in their positions. Leaders need to build trust and must model the desired organizational behaviors for those in their charge.
In this shameful Signalgate matter, Pete Hegseth - that inexperienced, unqualified, reckless man committed what amounts to a grossly negligent act of betrayal against our fighter pilots. He needs to be held to account, and if he doesn't resign, he needs to be fired!
He had NO problem firing blacks and qualified Admirals and Generals but THIS he hedges on? Trump is unfit for office! Grow a pair and call him out on this, NYT!
Waltz apparently invited the journalist and Hegseth shared attack plans over a non-secure messaging app. They should both be fired. Not even a close call.
@nytimes.com What about her emails?
Once upon a time people could read the @nytimes.com and expect some level of honesty or truth.
Now it's just another trashy publication.
What happened to journalists wanting to win awards for being journalists.
Not paid propagandists.
8 years of stupid emails.
Trump’s secretary of defense is a dangerous moron exposing defense secrets to foreign hacking so he can cosplay being a warrior and Trump is upset only about Goldberg being on the call.
We learned in Trump's first term he was a terrible personnel manager and he only got worse. He's hired the most unqualified, untalented, low IQ people whose only real job is to tell him how great he is.
Trump for all his moronic actions and malicious thinking, has an innate survival instinct which kicks in when he knows he's in danger of losing power or influence. He will have to find a scapegoat and the finger points to Waltz.
Everyone who interacted on the chat should go, but it will be only 1.
Best choice would be for Trump to fire his entire National Security Team which would also include removing Vance from Office, and then for Trump himself to resign in disgrace
Where are all the articles and editorials about how top secret and confidential information is being released by Trump's own incompetent administration? Y'all spent years going after HRC for emails but mostly silence when it comes to Trump.
The decisive business man whose motto of "you're fired" made him so famous that the people elected him president twice despite his incompetence, cannot decide if he should fire someone for putting a journalist in a group chat about a military strike straight on a 3rd party messaging server? Really!?
criminal trump say's its not woke but has been showing an over abundance of woke about the signal fuck up, its so shameful of him for not living down to its anti-wokeness it shows to others
Walz screwed up setting up a not secure chat group but whiskey leaks Hegseth is the incompetent ass who shared confidential attack/war plans while rest of the intelligence apparatus cheered his details on with emojis
Then they all lied about it to congress & attacked reporter 🤦
They ALL need to go
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He will cut one loose only when that person serves no further purpose as a proxy.
This is why any criticism and focus from the media, or the opposition, must not be targeted solely at the proxy, but Trump as well.
When you're done with that, RESIGN!
FU Trump. You should be in PRISON, not the Oval Office.
This is giving a reality show president the reality show treatment.
Fucking unserious.
#WaltzLeak #NationalSecurity #SignalLeak
It was hyperbole
Sorry
It's another subterfuge for someone else to blame .
Like the schoolyard bully pointing a finger ...." He did it!"
FIRE WALTZ THEN HAVE HIM ARRESTED & TRIED FOR VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT
The Signal Scandal is already falling off the front page.
Once upon a time people could read the @nytimes.com and expect some level of honesty or truth.
Now it's just another trashy publication.
What happened to journalists wanting to win awards for being journalists.
Not paid propagandists.
8 years of stupid emails.
Everyone who interacted on the chat should go, but it will be only 1.
Better headline: ‘Should I have ever hired this Island of Corrupt Misfit Toys?’
Elise Stefanik 🤯
Visibility is limited, but journalists have really built contacts even into the most authoritarian regime in American history.
Then they all lied about it to congress & attacked reporter 🤦
They ALL need to go