Donald Trump Defends Signal App Amid War Texts Backlash
March 25, 2025
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Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. You can get in touch with Gabe by emailing g.whisnant@newsweek.com. Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant.
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that his top national security officials discussing war plans in a Signal text group that included a journalist was “the best technology for the moment.”
Trump, with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz also in the room, continued to reporters in the White House after signing executive orders, “There was no classified information, as I understand it, they used an app, if you want to call it an app. That’s an app that a lot of people use.”
“Now if it’s classified information, it’s probably a little bit different,” Trump continued.
The president also said Signal is “used by the media a lot. It’s used by a lot of the military, and I think, successfully, but sometimes somebody can get onto those things that’s one of the prices you pay when you’re not sitting in the Situation Room.”
Trump claims his top national security officials discussing war plans in a Signal group that included a journalist was “the best technology for the moment” pic.twitter.com/lS9FDgscjK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 25, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that his top national security officials discussing war plans in a Signal group that included a journalist was “the best technology for the moment.” On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that his top national security officials discussing war plans in a Signal group that included a journalist was “the best technology for the moment.”
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