President Donald Trump was firm in his defense of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz on Tuesday, even as reporters hounded him for answers about Waltz’s inadvertent adding of The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal groupchat in which Waltz and other top administration officials — including Vice President JD Vance — discussed plans to strike Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
“Do you think that Mike Waltz made a mistake and does he need to apologize?” asked one reporter during a Q&A with the president on Tuesday afternoon.
“No, I don’t think he should apologize. I think he’s doing his best,” answered Trump. “It’s equipment and technology that’s not perfect, and probably he won’t be using it again. At least not in the very near future.”
“What do you think?” asked Trump, turning to Waltz.
“Yes sir, I agree with you. Let’s get everybody in the room whenever possible,” answered Waltz.
“A lot of times you find out defects by exactly things like that, but I don’t think it’s [Signal] something we’re looking forward to using again,” continued Trump. “We may be forced to use it. You may be in a situation where you need speed as opposed to gross safety, and you may be forced to use it. But generally speaking I think we probably won’t be using it very much.”
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