So you don’t always have friends when you do that,” Mr Trump said. White House officials first learned of the second Signal chat from news reports on Sunday, according to an official. “They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations,” Mr Hegseth said. The Times said the second chat had the same warplane launch times as the first chat. The senior Democratic member, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, urged the watchdog to look into the reported second chat as well.

Source: The Times April 21, 2025 18:24 UTC