Vance calls on Trump to fire Waltz over Signal chat scandal - Politico
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles have called on President Donald Trump to fire National Security Advisor Mike Waltz over the Signal secret chat scandal.
According to Censor.NET, citing Yevropeiska Pravda, this is stated in the article by Politico.
Thus, it is noted that Vance, Wiles and White House Chief of Staff Sergio Gore suggested that Trump consider firing Waltz.
In turn, the US president agreed that Waltz had "screwed up," but ultimately decided not to fire him for now in order not to give the "liberal media" and the Democratic Party a reason to claim their righteousness.
The newspaper writes that immediately after the Signal scandal broke, outrage over Waltz's actions grew in the Trump administration: he not only did not admit guilt in the situation, but also did not offer to resign, at least formally.
However, after Trump's meeting with Vance and Wiles, the national security adviser publicly took responsibility for the incident - although he continued to place the blame on the journalist who wrote about the chat.
Two Politico sources reportedly suggested that Trump would eventually fire his national security adviser.
"For now, they (the Trump administration - Ed.) are hanging on to him (Volz - Ed.), but in a couple of weeks he'll be gone," one of them predicted.
Leak of confidential information from Signal chat
Earlier, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, accidentally joined a private chat on Signal where members of the US presidential administration discussed strikes on Yemen.
Trump also said that he was "unaware" of the report by The Atlantic journalist, who was accidentally added to a secret Signal chat where members of his administration discussed strikes on Yemen.
Subsequently, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied that US military plans were discussed in the chat room and accused The Atlantic's editor-in-chief of "spreading fake news."
