Trump says he does not shoot the officials involved in the leaked signaling chat

President Trump told NBC News on Saturday that he would not have fired anyone involved in a group chat that inadvertently revealed the plans for air attacks in Yemen to a journalist.

In a wide -ranging interview with Kristen Welker of the NBC, Mr. Trump rejected reports That some in his circle had encouraged him to shoot Michael Waltz, the national security councilor. Mr. Waltz had apparently added Jeffrey Goldberg, chief of the Atlantic, a A sensitive group chat on signal, a commercial messaging app, in front of The United States affect the Houthi militia supported by Iran in Yemen on March 15th.

The New York Times Saturday reported that Mr. Trump He had spent most of the week to consult the assistants on the fact that he would have to fire Mr. Waltz among the growing repercussions from the episode.

But Mr. Trump told Mrs. Welker that he still had confidence in Mr. Waltz and in the defense secretary Pete Hegseth, and continued to minimize the severity of the accident. “I don’t shoot people because of false news and caused cacce to witches,” he said.

Trump also discussed Greenland, one day later Vice -president JD Vance visited an American military base On the island. Trump reiterated that he would not exclude using the strength to annex Greenland, a semi -autonomous territory of Denmark, but indicated that he thought he could make an agreement to take it.

To the question on which message he believed that this acquisition would send to the rest of the world, including Russia, Trump said: “I don’t really think about it; I don’t really care”.

And with the new automotive rates of the Trump administration that have had effect in days, the president said that “it could not give a damn” if the car manufacturers increase prices due to the greater costs for the import of cars and car parts in the United States. Trump added that he believed that rates could involve more people who buy American manufacture cars.

Almost half of all vehicles sold in the United States are imported, as well as almost 60 percent of the parts used in vehicles assembled in the country.

Mr. Trump denied a relationship who warned the automotive managers not to increase prices when discussing rates.

“I couldn’t care less,” he said. “I hope they increase their prices, because if they do, people will buy American manufacture cars. We have many.”