President Donald Trump is supporting Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth amid calls from some Democrats for Hegseth’s resignation due to a leaked Signal chat that contained details about a military operation in Yemen.

The president addressed the issue after Hegseth inadvertently shared information about the strike with administration officials in a Signal chat that included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Goldberg published the complete messages on Wednesday morning.

Following the scandal, several Democratic lawmakers urged Hegseth to resign, prompting reporters to ask Trump if he believed Hegseth might consider stepping down.

“Hegseth is doing a great job; he had nothing to do with this. How can you involve Hegseth in this?” Trump responded.

Trump also noted that his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, took responsibility for mistakenly including Goldberg in the Signal chat.

“Mike Waltz … he accepted responsibility, I believe. It had nothing to do with anyone else. It was Mike, I guess, I don’t know, I was told it was Mike,” Trump said when questioned about the investigation.

The president downplayed the controversy regarding whether Hegseth had shared sensitive information that could have jeopardized the operation, emphasizing the mission’s success.

“There was no harm done because the attack was unbelievably successful that night,” Trump stated.

Trump questioned why Democrats were calling for Hegseth’s resignation and speculated on the reliability of the Signal app.

“Look, it’s all a witch hunt … you want to ask about whether or not Signal works, I don’t know if Signal works; I think it could be defective, to be honest with you,” Trump remarked.

The encrypted app, which deletes messages after they are read, is commonly used in Washington, D.C., for communication.

“You use Signal, we use Signal, and everybody uses Signal, but it could be a faulty platform, and we’ll have to find that out,” Trump added.

Arizona Democratic Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly called for Hegseth’s resignation over the sharing of operational details on the platform.

“The Signal incident is what happens when you have the most unqualified Secretary of Defense we’ve ever seen. We’re fortunate it didn’t cost any servicemembers their lives, but for the safety of our military and our country, Secretary Hegseth needs to resign,” Kelly posted on X.

“This could have endangered our men and women!” Gallego wrote on social media. “The Secretary of Defense must resign. The incompetence and cover-up are embarrassing.”

In response, Hegseth defended himself on X, asserting that he did not disclose any classified information in the chat and criticized The Atlantic for misrepresenting his messages as “war plans.”

“The Atlantic released the so-called ‘war plans,’ which include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information. Those are some really poor ‘war plans,’” Hegseth wrote on X.

On March 15, Hegseth sent a message titled “Team Update” to a group of senior Trump administration officials, detailing the planned military strikes, including timing and weaponry.

Hegseth maintained that he was merely providing a “team update,” reiterating that he did not share any ‘war plans.’

“My job is to provide real-time updates. General updates keep everyone informed. That’s what I did. That’s my role,” Hegseth added.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also addressed questions about the incident.

“Clearly, someone made a mistake—someone made a significant error by adding a journalist. Nothing against journalists, but they shouldn’t be on that platform. None of the information shared at any point threatened the operation or the lives of our servicemen,” Rubio stated, emphasizing that there was no classified information in the chat.