President Trump on Friday denounced critics who have raised concern over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal, a discrete messaging app, to disseminate sensitive military information.

Asked whether his confidence has changed in Hegseth after a second chat controversy thrust him back into the spotlight earlier this week, Trump brushed off the sentiment. Instead, he cast blame once again on the media.

"I don’t view Signal as important," he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, en route to Rome for Pope Francis's........

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