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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ROTTEN TO THE CORE
Calls for Waltz's Resignation Grow Amid Report
of At Least 20 Sensitive Signal Group Chats
ROTTEN TO THE CORE
Calls for Waltz's Resignation Grow Amid Report
of At Least 20 Sensitive Signal Group Chats
U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with
the media in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 11, 2025.
(Photo: Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Original article: https://www.commondreams.org/news/mike-waltz-signal-chats
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
I say that the Trump Administration is 'Rotten to the Core' and as time goes by, my assertion gets confirmed over and over again!
Or perhaps we should be thinking in terms of 'amateur hour!
Trump gets value from these political 'bottom feeders'. He is, after all, one himself!
In one respect Trump has strength ... he has lived a quite long life as a prtty dumb person figuring how to be a big winner with the minimum of effort ... and this he has done well!
Whether it is a formula for a good Presidency is another matter!
Peter Burgess
'There must be accountability for this administration's dangerous disregard for our national security,' said one Democratic congressman and former military prosecutor.
Brett Wilkins
Apr 02, 2025
U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and members of his staff have created at least 20 group chats on the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate official work on sensitive policy issues around the world, four people who were added to such groups told Politico.
Waltz was already under fire for a group chat about the U.S. bombing Yemen when the report broke. Politico's Dasha Burns wrote on Wednesday that 'none of the four individuals said they were aware of whether any classified information was shared, but all said that posts in group chats did include sensitive details of national security work.'
The anonymous sources told Politico that the group chats involved policy issues involving China, Ukraine, Gaza, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. One of them said, 'It was commonplace to stand up chats on any given national security topic,' one of the four sources told the outlet.
The Politico article comes a day after The Washington Postreported that Waltz and other members of President Donald Trump's National Security Council conducted official government business via their personal Gmail accounts, which are far less secure than Signal chats.
The fresh revelations also come as 'Signalgate'—in which Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other top Trump administration officials added a journalist to a Signal group chat about plans to bomb Yemen—still smolders.
Calls for Waltz's resignation or firing, which were already numerous in the wake of Signalgate, mounted Wednesday.
'Waltz must resign. Hegseth must resign,' Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on the social media site Bluesky. 'There must be accountability for this administration's dangerous disregard for our national security.'
Referring to the Signal group chats, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) asked on the social media site X, 'How many more are there?'
'Even Trump allies say this doesn't pass the smell test,' he added. 'National Security Adviser Waltz and Pete Hegseth need to be fired.'
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