‘Just A Witch Hunt’: President Trump Says He Won’t Fire Anyone Over Signal Incident

PresidentDonaldTrumpdoesnotplanonfiringanyoneovertheSignalnationalsecuritygroupchatincident,hesaidinaninterviewonSaturday. TrumpdiscussedthematterduringbriefphoneinterviewwithNBCNewsovertheweekend,tellingthenetwork:“Idon’tfirepeoplebecauseoffakenewsandbecauseofwitchhunts.” OnMonday,TheAtlantic’sJeffreyGoldbergrevealedthathehadbeeninadvertentlyaddedtoanationalsecuritygroupchatinwhichtopTrumpofficialsdiscussedairstrikesinYemen.ThatchatincludedVicePresidentJDVance,NationalSecurityAdvisorMikeWaltz,SecretaryofDefensePeteHegseth,DirectorofNationalIntelligenceTulsiGabbard,andothermembersofTrump’sinnercircleonMarch15,asthenationalsecurityteamdeliberatedlaunchingairstrikesontheHouthis. AskedbyNBCNewsonSaturdayifhestillhasconfidenceinHegsethandWaltz,Trumpreplied:“Ido.” “Ithinkit’sjustawitchhuntandthefakenews,likeyou,talkaboutitallthetime,butit’sjustawitchhunt,anditshouldn’tbetalked[about],”