So, like, Mike Waltz was totally in the middle of this Signal chat about hitting the Houthis in Yemen. President Donald Trump’s old national security adviser, Mike Waltz, was caught on camera using Signal during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, just one day before Trump spilled the tea that he was ditching Waltz for Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
During the meeting at the White House in Washington on April 30, 2025, Waltz was snapped by a Reuters photographer texting Vice President JD Vance, Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s dude for the Middle East.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung was all like, “Signal is cool, guys. We have it on our government phones, so don’t trip.” But like, I’m not really sure why this matters, you know?
Back in March, Waltz got into hot water when he accidentally added a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic, to a Signal group chat with other bigwigs like Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. They were talking about a possible U.S. attack on baddies in Yemen. Waltz was all like, “I dunno how he got in there,” and he swore they didn’t spill any juicy secrets. Trump had his back and told everyone to chill out.
But then, Trump was like, “Alright, you’re out, Waltz. But hey, I’ll make you the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.” Rubio will take over as the new national security adviser, but he’s keeping his Secretary of State gig too. Double duty, I guess.
Even though Trump was all about backing Waltz in public, sources spilled the beans to ABC News that the prez was actually getting pretty annoyed with him over the whole Signal drama. Oops.
I mean, like, even though the White House is cool with Signal, the Pentagon watchdog was not having it. They called out a former official in 2021 for using Signal, saying it wasn’t following the rules and could’ve leaked sensitive stuff. Now they’re eyeballing Hegseth’s Signal use during the Yemen thing. And get this, he even told his wife, brother, and lawyer about the attack timing in another Signal chat. Talk about drama.
The Wall Street Journal was all over it first, reporting on the investigation. Steven Stebbins, the acting Inspector General at the Department of Defense, was like, “We gotta make sure the top dogs at DoD are playing by the rules. We’re looking into how they’re using Signal for official business and if they’re keeping things hush-hush like they’re supposed to.”
Democrats were trying to get in on the action and investigate the whole Yemen Signal chat in Congress, but the Republicans shut it down. Big surprise there, right?
So, there you have it. The Signal saga continues at the White House. Who knows what kind of drama will unfold next? But hey, that’s politics for ya.
