Trump says Hegseth is ‘doing a great job’ despite reports of second Signal chat

Donald Trump offered public support for defense secretary Pete Hegseth a day after it emerged that Hegseth had shared information about US strikes in Yemen last month in a second Signal group chat that included family, his personal lawyer and several top Pentagon aides. Ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” Trump said dismissively, referring to the rebel group in Yemen targeted by those missile strikes, on the sidelines of the White House Easter egg roll event on Monday. But pressure on Hegseth has so far come from people outside of the White House. Trump also stuck by his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, who had added the editor of the Atlantic to the first chat. “I’m not in the White House and I’m not going to tell the White House how to manage this … but I find it unacceptable and I wouldn’t tolerate it if I was in charge.”