Donald Trump Defends Signal App Amid War Texts Backlash

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-defends-signal-app-amid-war-texts-backlash-2050394

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Signal, the app in which his top national security officials discussed war plans in a text group that included a journalist, was "the best technology for the moment."

"Sometimes you have to move very quickly," Trump said, "and there are other devices that are very good, but they are very, very cumbersome, and you're not able to use them...from a practical standpoint. So, all we can do is find out the best we can do with modern technology. They'll probably get better over the years."

Trump noted during the media availability that the Singal app was "the best technology for the moment.