The Trump administration continued to defend its defiant attitude in the wake of the” Signal hoax,” which began when a group of senior leaders added a blogger to an encrypted talk.
Press director Karoline Leavitt said in a prolonged opening speech at Wednesday’s White House press briefing that” the conventional media continues to be focused on a exaggerated account from the failing Atlantic magazine that is falling apart by the hour.”
Lake vilified the release and its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was informed of a Signal conversation between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and others pertaining to a pending attack on the Houthis.
Lake remarked,” The transfer of these internal messages confirms the fact, which we have been saying for a long time.” If this history is any indication, it shows that Liberals and their propagandists in the mainstream media are very adept at fabricating, planning, and disseminating propaganda campaigns.
She reiterated that no battle plans were discussed in the conversation, despite the addition of statements like Hegseth’s” 1415: Hit Drones on Target” describing military plans.
However, during a presentation that ended after less than 25 hours, Leavitt was constantly asked about specifics of the story.
After the Trump administration insisted that no battle plans were shared, Goldberg published a next story on the subject on Wednesday night with more information, including a list of specific times when strikes may take place. Lake insisted that no defined information or battle plans were shared.
She continued,” We are not going to flex in the face of this disingenuous outcry,” noting that Signal is a federal government’s approved messaging app. The bottom line, according to President Trump, is that Joe Biden’s failure encouraged and enshrined Houthi extremists, and that they were ultimately defeated by President Trump due to his strength and resolve.
When asked what the topic was when a reporter asked if the conversation was about other than conflict plans, Leavitt responded that it was a “policy debate” and referred to her response when asked similar questions in the presentation afterwards.
According to Lake,” the president, as the commander in chief of our United States armed forces, and Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is an extraordinary person and a interceptor himself, take the lives of our National service associates with the utmost responsibility,” and they would never consciously endanger American life.
Trump has repeatedly stated in the past that he would fire subordinates, but he has only recently stood alongside Waltz and Hegseth, as Leavitt stated during the press briefing.
Following-up inquiries about Vance’s foreign policy views, the consequences Waltz and Hegseth would face, and whether confidential information was shared were also posed by other reporters to the press secretary.
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Her stance did not change throughout the briefing, which gave her the opportunity to end it after a shorter-than-usual period of time.
When asked why Waltz was receiving a “mulligan” after the story broke, she responded,” I have now been asked and answered the same question, and I have done it repeatedly, using different language.” There are a lot of different things happening in the world, according to the statement “if anyone has another question.”
