Mike Waltz used Signal app at White House day before ouster as national security advisor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : "I'm deeply honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation," Waltz wrote on X later Thursday.
48% : " A photo taken by Reuters' Evelyn Hockstein during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday shows Waltz holding his phone below the table, with the encrypted-texting app open and visible, just a day before Trump removed him from his post.
47% : Trump said.
37% : Rubio will serve as interim national security advisor until that post is filled, Trump said on Truth Social.
33% : " Trump said he does not use Signal himself. Reuters' photo drew attention on social media on Thursday afternoon, hours after Trump announced his plan to nominate Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
25% : Trump publicly defended Waltz, and his administration sought to justify their actions by claiming that none of the information discussed on the threat was classified.
23% : " In an interview with The Atlantic published two days before Wednesday's Cabinet meeting, Trump was asked if he had learned any policy lesson from the Signalgate scandal.

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