As the Trump administration faces fallout over top-level officials' use of the Signal app to discuss sensitive military plans and the accidental inclusion of a journalist on their group text chain, The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has highlighted deeper insight into discussion involved in President Trump's inner circle.

"The news is that the characters played to their public type,” the editorial board wrote in a piece published Tuesday. “National-security adviser Mike Waltz was a voice for U.S. leadership — and for carrying out the President’s policy. Vice President JD Vance was a voice for U.S. retreat even when Mr. Trump directed otherwise."

The editorial board also noted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has been accused of sharing sensitive details about the plans, backed Waltz's position.

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