Photos show Mike waltz literally checking Signal during the cabinet meeting (via Reuters). * This was from YESTERDAY! *

[demmiblue]

Jon Passantino
‪@passantino.bsky.social‬

I did not believe this pic was actually real, but it is in fact a real photo on the Reuters wire www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-nati...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick‬
‪@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social‬

Honestly this is just incredible content.

Tweet from Charlie Spiering @charliespiering: "Photos show Mike Waltz literally checking Signal during the cabinet meeting (via Reuters)" UNderneath is a zoomed in picture of a phone with the chats open. You can see chats with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, someone whose last name ends with "cheidt," and a group chat labeled "NSC Scheduling." You can see You can see that JD Vance's chat has a text saying "I have confirmation from my counterpart it's turned off. He is going to be here..." ALT

May 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM

I did not believe this pic was actually real, but it is in fact a real photo on the Reuters wire www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-nati...

— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) 2025-05-01T19:28:59.164Z

[SheltieLover]

1. I wonder who took the pix?

[Attilatheblond]

5. Me too. Makes it seem faked.

But maybe he has some of those cool spy eye glasses that take pictures?


edited for typo in title

[SheltieLover]

6. But op says it's from reuters

Although, he's prob now "the covffee boy" ...

[Attilatheblond]

8. Reuters has been fooled in the past.

Being originally from Missouri, I still lean towards needing proof.

Hey SheltieLover, going to any good protests today? I have one coming up here pretty soon. Trust you will hold down the fort here while I am offline. Let me know if I miss any good stuff!

[Liberal In Texas]

25. There are tons of reporters and photographers in the cabinet meetings.

Just use Google and cabinet meeting and you can find all kinds of pictures of the room with the media on the edges. And many variations on the photo posted above - wider shots showing more of the room.

This is not a fake.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Emma M. Scheidt, Legislative Assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmascheidt

[sop]

3. What's the job market like for disgraced ex-Florida Congressmen who gave up their seats for a Trump nomination?

Did Gaetz ever find another gig?

[Attilatheblond]

4. Didn't it get reported that Gaetz's daddy was considering a run for FL Governor?

Daddy always managed to get lil Max out of various legal problems. Seems he will find the poor, beleaguered kid a well paying but not difficult job if he becomes governor.

[SheltieLover]

7. UN Ambassador? Pope?

[sop]

10. Trump wants to be Pope.

Kind of a side hustle while he's president.

[SheltieLover]

11. Oh that's right. I'll bet pukes would looooove to get their hands on the church's money

[demmiblue]

13. The pic in the OP is a close-up crop of the Reuters photo (it is also flipped).

There are some additional pics at The Guardian (I can’t paste them here):

Waltz was photographed checking Signal on his phone during cabinet meeting yesterday

On Wednesday, which turned out to be his final full day as Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz was photographed checking Signal on his phone during a cabinet meeting by Evelyn Hockstein of Reuters,as the Daily Mail reporter Charlie Spiering first noted on X.

Given that Waltz was ousted for mistakenly adding the journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat group during which confidential military plans for strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen were discussed by senior cabinet members, it is remarkable that he was still; using the messaging app yesterday, as he likely fought to save his job.

A close-up crop shows that Waltz had recent chats on his phone with: a Rubio, likely Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, in which he had written “…fully there is time” on Wednesday morning; someone named Witkoff, likely Steve Witkoff, the president’s envoy for Ukraine and the Middle East; a voice call to or from a Gabbard, likely Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, early Wednesday. The chat list also shows that Waltz had sent a text message to vice-president JD Vance on Tuesday, in which the national security adviser had written, “I have confirmation from my counterpart it’s turned off”. The message to Vance is marked with two empty checks, meaning that it had been delivered to the vice-president’s device, but still had not been read or replied to by him as of Wednesday morning.

White House video of the cabinet meeting shows that the Reuters photographer was kneeling directly to the left of Waltz at one stage, so it would be hard to argue that he was anything but careless about keeping his messages to and from other senior officials private.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/01/donald-trump-tariffs-immigration-economy-ukraine-us-politics-live-updates

[IcyPeas]

15. Thank you. I'll delete my post.

[progressoid]

14. LMGTFY

Figuratively means metaphorically, and literally describes something that actually happened.

[struggle4progress]

16. "Finally! an administration that's actually full of Russian agents!"

[viva la]

17. Hmmm... who is "he" that is going to be here? What is turned off?

Why is Vance still using Signal in meetings too?

Jeez, these people are such idiots and amateurs.

And who took this picture? The long knives were out for Walz, that's for sure.

[demmiblue]

20. A Reuters photographer:

White House video of the cabinet meeting shows that the Reuters photographer was kneeling directly to the left of Waltz at one stage, so it would be hard to argue that he was anything but careless about keeping his messages to and from other senior officials private.

[Diraven]

26. I'd bet anything they'll punish this photographer now

Ban them from the WH or charge them with espionage even.

[demmiblue]

18. Ari Melber is covering this right now. n/t

[Iamscrewed]

19. So

The stupid high tech idiots lied, stole an election with technology and now we're dealing with stupid idiots that think they can outsmart advanced technology.

[yardwork]

21. The head of U.S. Intelligence sent a voice mail on this insecure channel.

Butter emails.

[Figarosmom]

22. They are using Signal to avoid oversight

And to avoid FOIA. If there is no records then they can't be requested. Of course this is totally illegal.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. Maddow Blog-Trump boots Waltz from national security adviser role, nominates for U.N. ambassadorship

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take over Waltz's White House duties in an interim capacity, Trump posted on Truth Social.

On the one hand, Waltz joins an ignominious group of failed Trump WH national security advisers (Flynn, McMaster, Bolton).

On the other, he also joins an ignominious group of failed House Republicans tapped for key second-term posts (Gaetz, Stefanik, and now Waltz). www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-05-01T16:18:36.445Z

On the one hand, Waltz joins an ignominious group of failed Trump WH national security advisers (Flynn, McMaster, Bolton).

On the other, he also joins an ignominious group of failed House Republicans tapped for key second-term posts (Gaetz, Stefanik, and now Waltz).

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mike-waltz-out-trump-national-security-adviser-signal-chat-rcna204115

As recently as Wednesday, during the latest White House Cabinet meeting, national security adviser Mike Waltz seemed to go out of his way to offer effusive praise for Donald Trump. The president’s difficulties with Waltz have been well documented, especially in the wake of the recent Signal chat scandal, but the adviser took the opportunity to make clear that he was pleased to be part of the White House team.

Less than 24 hours later, it appears Waltz is losing his White House job — while being nominated for a different job. Trump wrote on his social media platform:

I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. ... In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor, while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department.

This is, among things, deeply odd — in part because Waltz has no meaningful diplomatic experience, in part because there's so little overlap between his current position and the U.N. ambassadorship, and in part because it's difficult to imagine how one person is supposed to be the nation's chief diplomat at the State Department and the president's top national security adviser in the West Wing.

What's more, with this latest appointment, Rubio now has four rather large roles to manage: secretary of state, acting archivist of the United States, acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and interim national security adviser......

Publicly, the White House backed Waltz, but NBC News reported that Trump had privately “expressed frustration” with his aide. That coincided with a Politico report on a private presidential meeting in which top officials, including Vice President JD Vance, told Trump to “consider showing him [Waltz] the door.”

A day later, The New York Times reported that the president sought the counsel of a variety of people, asking whether to oust Waltz.

The public chatter ultimately died down, but there was ample evidence that Waltz had been privately sidelined in the West Wing, putting his future in jeopardy.

As for his next gig, the ambassadorship to the United Nations is a Senate-confirmed position, and Waltz's confirmation hearings are bound to be interesting. Observers should expect a great many questions about his ability to handle and protect classified information.

[ShazzieB]

24. Second verse same as the first...

As for his next gig, the ambassadorship to the United Nations is a Senate-confirmed position, and Waltz's confirmation hearings are bound to be interesting. Observers should expect a great many questions about his ability to handle and protect classified information.

Yes, there will be many questions about such matters. From Demoocrats. And no matter how he answers, most of the Republicans will vote to confirm him.

So sick of those low down, dirty, conniving, enabling GOP collaborators sitting around with their heads up their backsides while that Nazi narcissist destroys our country!