National security adviser Michael Waltz reportedly meant to add a Trump administration spokesman to the Signal chat where detailed attack plans were discussed instead of the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief,

President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to a Washington Post report published yesterday.