Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he and President Donald Trump are “standing behind” their national security team in the wake of the Signal chat scandal, adding that national security adviser Mike Waltz has taken responsibility and an update on the internal investigation should be coming “soon.”
“If you think you’re going to force the president of the United states to fire anybody, you’ve got another thing coming. President Trump has said on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday, and I’m the vice president saying it here on Friday, we are standing behind our entire national security team,” he added.
The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief has said that Waltz, who stood next to Vance on the Greenland trip Friday, added him to the group chat among top national security officials about a strike on the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
During that chat, Vance said he believed the strikes on the Houthis were a “mistake,” adding that he wasn’t sure if Trump was “aware how inconsistent” it would be with “his message on Europe right now.”
“Sometimes we all agree and sometimes we all disagree, but it’s important that we all have an honest conversation amongst ourselves,” Vance said Friday.
“I support the president’s decision to strike the Houthis. I always supported the president’s decision to strike the Houthis, and I support the national security team having the argument about how best to serve the American people,” he added.
This post has been updated with Vance’s remarks on the Signal chat probe.
