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Home Front: Politix
Trump confirms National Security Council firings as Waltz's Signal chat woes snowball
2025-04-04
[FoxNews] "Always, we’re going to let go of people we don’t like, or people we don’t think can do the job, or people who may have loyalties to somebody else"

President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.

"Always, we’re going to let go of people we don’t like, or people we don’t think can do the job, or people who may have loyalties to somebody else," Trump said from Air Force One when asked about reports on the NSC firings.

Trump confirmed that NSC members had been fired, but remarked it was not many individuals.

Trump added that he continues to trust his NSC team, remarking that they've "done very well" and "had big success with the Houthis."

Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and critics since March, when the Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a firsthand account of getting added to a Signal group chat with top national security leaders, including Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, while they discussed strikes against Yemen terrorists. Trump and his administration have repeatedly defended the national security leader amid criticisms over the chat leak.

Signal is an encrypted messaging app that operates similarly to texting or making phone calls, but with additional security measures that help ensure communications are kept private to those included in the correspondence.

Related:
US NSA director Timothy Haugh, Wendy Noble fired, Washington Post reports

Trump fires national security officials, reportedly at urging of far Right Jew, Laura Loomer

OOPS: Dana Bash's Nasty Reporting on Laura Loomer and the NSC Firings Backfires When Loomer Exposes Her GLARING Conflict of Interest Regarding a Troublesome NSC Staffer (VIDEO)
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  as Waltz's Signal chat woes snowball

I don't think they got the memo that their Wedge Play was exposed to a reasonable amount and the story needs to be dropped as the full scope will become exposed. Or they did, and it is so frogged all they can do now is throw slurs.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-04-04 15:54  

#7  Why do I think this reflects a pre-planned entrapment of planted deep-state assets to better purge the IC resistance. Counter-intelligence requires active misbehavior to trigger the plan.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2025-04-04 15:35  

#6  signal should have been customized for govt use in a way that would prevent unauthorized attendees on chat

Signal was approved for govt use during the Biden admin that didn't do that but now this customizing should be done pronto
Posted by: Lord Garth   2025-04-04 11:05  

#5  More like a snowballs chance in hell. Great work by Laura Loomer to ferret out the disloyal cucks and if she also was able to get some personal satisfaction then good for her. Funny how the Democrats don't like it when someone plays the game the same way the Democrats do.
Posted by: Hupoluth Dribble3876   2025-04-04 10:55  

#4  Trump administration fires National Security Agency chief

The removal of General Timothy Haugh comes amid what appears to be a wider purge of top security officials at the agency and at the White House.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-04-04 10:55  

#3  The Signal story is dead, but Fox needs something to be shocked about.

These firings may or may not be related to this, but President Trump has made it quite clear that he is not going to tolerate incompetence or dishonesty.
Posted by: EMS Artifact    2025-04-04 10:17  

#2   I don't see why the Signal Chat Woes "snowball".

It is part of the Message of the Day. Don't forget to include the word "chaos" in your reports.
Posted by: SteveS   2025-04-04 09:15  

#1  I don't see why the Signal Chat Woes "snowball".

Except that's what the Dems want.
Posted by: Bobby   2025-04-04 08:57  

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