Who will be the first one to leave or be fired from Donald Trump's cabinet following text leak scandal? Bets pour in; here are the members topping the list
Who is most likely to be fired first?
Leaked military planning was the topic of the leak. The situation has been greeted with bipartisan opposition, and speculations are intensifying regarding President Trump's national security leadership.
There is a clear favorite among the many bets placed on who will be the first Trump cabinet member to resign following the Signal war plans scandal.
After it was discovered that he shared top-secret plans regarding the Yemen bombing in a Signal messaging app group that included an Atlantic reporter, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth topped the list, as quoted in a report by the Daily Mail.
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Second place and quickly rising up the charts is Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who participated in the group chat as well.
Following Goldberg's shocking disclosure on Monday, the White House has stepped up its defense, describing the text chain and asserting that it contained classified material.
What’s President Donald Trump’s stance on the controversy?
President Donald Trump denied the story, telling NBC News that Goldberg's participation in the chat had «no impact at all» and that it was not a problem. He went on, «The attacks were 'perfectly successful,'» as quoted in a report by the Daily Mail.
He also claimed that it was «the only glitch in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one,» so he wasn't concerned about how much attention the story got.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, also defended the use of Signal in a post on X Tuesday. 'No 'war plans' were discussed,' and 'no classified material was sent to the thread,'