US President Donald Trump has vowed not to fire anyone over leaks of his administration's plans for airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
"I'm not firing people over fake news and witch hunts," Trump said in an interview with NBC News' Kristen Welker.
He also said he has confidence in Mike Walz, the national security adviser, and Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon chief.
Trump wants to avoid a repeat of the situation from his first term. Mike Flynn, his first national security adviser, was fired after just a few weeks during the early stages of the Russia investigation. He also showed resistance to outside pressure, especially from the media.
As a reminder, Walz said he takes "full responsibility" for including a journalist in a group chat discussing US military plans for attacks on the Houthis in Yemen.
Walz admitted that he created the group chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal and that it was his job to make sure who was inside.
In his article, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg tells how he was included in the chat group. In this way, he received in advance the detailed plan for the March 15 attacks on the Houthis. In the chat, the journalist also gained access to Vice President J.D. Vance's harsh comments about America's European allies.
Trump downplayed the leak of secret plans, emphasizing that it was "the only problem in two months" of his administration.