Trump Says Government Likely Won’t Be Using Signal After The Atlantic Fallout

But the president said it ’may be forced to use it' in the future.
Trump Says Government Likely Won’t Be Using Signal After The Atlantic Fallout
President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House from the South Lawn on March 21, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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President Donald Trump said on March 25 that government officials likely will not be using the Signal messaging app after The Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently included in a group chat with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike Waltz.

When asked about the Signal chat during remarks at the White House on March 25, Trump said: “A lot of times you find out defects by exactly things like that, but I don’t think it’s something we’re looking forward to using again.

Jack Phillips
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