In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser. But behind the scenes, he has cast around for advice.

In a particularly rough week for the Trump administration, a number of the president's allies are calling for accountability after military plans were inadvertently shared with a journalist.

President Trump seriously considered firing national security adviser Mike Waltz over this week's humiliating Signal chat leak, but cooled down and talked himself out of it — partly to deny his critics the satisfaction,

The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported he was accidentally added by Mike Waltz to a group chat containing secret military plans.

President Donald Trump said he is confident in his national security adviser, Mike Waltz -- a day after a report detailed how he inadvertently added a journalist to a Signal group chat discussing Yemen war plans. Trump told NBC News on Tuesday that Waltz "has learned a lesson and is a good man."

President Trump's national security adviser has denied knowing the editor of The Atlantic after accidentally adding him to a sensitive group chat.