The message from Trump's side is given due to a question about whether someone will be dismissed as a result of a journalist being mistakenly added to the chat group.
What I can say definitely is what I just spoke with the president about, and he continues to have confidence in his national security team, says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a press conference.
The president himself says that Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, who wrote in the chat, "is doing a great job, he had nothing to do with this". Trump calls the criticism a "witch hunt".
Rubio expects changes
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio says he expects changes after the incident – at the same time as he emphasizes his own limited role by saying that he only participated in the chat twice.
Obviously, someone made a mistake – someone made a big mistake – and added a journalist. Nothing against journalists, but it's not meant for them to be part of that thing, says Rubio during a press conference in Jamaica.
Trying to downplay
The magazine The Atlantic reported on Monday how its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg suddenly was invited to a group chat where ministers and top officials discussed military attacks on Yemen.
The idea was that another person, whom USA's national security adviser Mike Waltz does not want to identify, would be part of the chat. But Goldberg's number was mistakenly saved under the other person's name in Waltz's phone, according to the security adviser.
The US leadership has tried to downplay the significance of the leak. Earlier, Trump described it as a single mistake of little importance.
