The White House spent a week trying to downplay the revelation that national security authorities discussed plans for our strike in Yemen over Signal, a commercial messaging app.
In a spectacular violation of national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses revealed details of certain operations prior to the attack on group chat. National security adviser Michael Waltz, who added Goldberg to the chat, said he took “full responsibility” for the leak.
Several Democrats urged Hegses to step down. However, the Trump administration has tried to bypass or avoid the issue. (Trump said the scandal was a “witch hunt.”
As part of a regular check-in during Trump’s first 100-day inauguration, the New York Times asked five voters what they thought of the administration’s response.
Dave Abdallah wasn’t happy with the way Trump and those around him continued to play signal chat breaches downplay.
They are “completely wrong,” Adbola said.
He added, the violation could have cost us their lives. “This is a serious and serious mistake,” he said of the whole.
Abdallah, a real estate broker who moved to the US from Lebanon as a child, voted for Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the 2024 election. It was a protest against the Biden administration’s handling of the war in Gaza, and concerns that Trump would not help the situation. Still, Abdallah hoped that Trump’s foreign policy could bring peace and stability to the region.
So far, he’s disappointed.
The fighting recently resumed between Israel and Hamas. Now Abdallah believes Trump, his administration and supporters are proving hypocritical in the face of a backlash on signal issues.
He recalls watching a recent video of Tiktok showing old clips of Republicans criticizing Hillary Clinton for using private computer servers while he was Secretary of State during the Obama administration. The video then showed images of the same critic. He is now a Trump supporter and makes excuses for signal chat, not a big deal.
Such excuses struck Abdallah as dishonest. “I can’t understand that,” he said of the signal chat. “So you definitely should be on the table to get rid of someone.”
– Kurt Streeter
“I don’t think anyone should be fired for this because it’s not as serious as many people think.”
Perry Hunter, 55, Sellersburg, Indiana.
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Source: www.nytimes.com