Trump to NBC on Signalgate:
â⌠âI donât fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts,â Trump said, calling the story âfake newsâ throughout the interview.
âI do,â the president said when asked whether he still has confidence in Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was also in the Signal chat and sent a detailed timeline of the planned strikes before they happened.
âI think itâs just a witch hunt and the fake news, like you, talk about it all the time, but itâs just a witch hunt, and it shouldnât be talked [about],â Trump added.
âWe had a tremendously successful strike. We struck very hard and very lethal. And nobody wants to talk about that. All they want to talk about is nonsense. Itâs fake news.â âŚâ
In a phone interview with NBC News, President Donald Trump also said he wouldnât fire anyone involved in the Signal group chat.
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