United States President Donald Trump reaffirmed his support to the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth The New York Times Report that he had shared military plans to attack the group yamen with family members in the Signal Message Application.
Previously, a magazine The Atlantic He had published that his chief editor Jeffrey Goldberg had been included by mistake in another Signal group, in which the White House summit was discussing the offensive against the hethis rebels.
US authorities deny that the information shared by Pete Hegseth was confidential as they reinforce their support to the Secretary of Defense, giving the news to former employees dissatisfied with changes in the Pentagon.
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, where he participated in Easter celebrations, Trump reaffirmed confidence in Hegseth and minimized concerns about the leakage of military plans such as “waste of time.”
“He’s doing a great job. Ask Houthis how he is doing,” the president said, referring to the rebel group, which is supported by Iran and was the target of US attacks.
According to the NOWthe US Secretary of Defense shared details about the attacks on March 15, before the bombings were launched, in a group that included Pete Hegseth’s wife, brother and personal lawyer.
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The details shared in the group were essentially the same as Hegseth sent, on the same day, in another Signal group that, by mistake, included the magazine editor The Atlantic.
Pete Hegseth was furious with the story of NOWwhich attributed the “anonymous defamation of former employees on old news”.
Upon arriving at Easter celebrations with his family, he pointed to the reporters and called them “scams.” Then he turned to his young children who were in the background. “These children here are why we are fighting the fake news media,” he said.
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In response to government criticism, a spokesman said the The Times He has confidence in the accuracy of the report and stressed that the Pentagon “did not deny the existence of the messaging group.”
Although US authorities insisted that no confidential information was shared in the group, the The Times He said this is not the case because his report “did not characterize the information as confidential.”
Trump and Hegseth talked by phone on Sunday night. According to an informed source about the call, the president told his secretary that “resentful whistleblowers” would be guilty of the report and reaffirmed that he supported him.
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This idea that resentful whistleblowers would be behind the report was reinforced by White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt in an interview with Fox & Friends, Fox News program that was presented by Pete Hegseth. “This is what happens when the whole Pentagon is working against you and against the monumental changes you are trying to implement,” he said. (With international agencies)
