Trump about strategies in his second term: a look behind the scenes!
Trump about strategies in his second term: a look behind the scenes!
In an interview with the magazine "The Atlantic",President Donald Trump spoke about his experiences and challenges in his second term. In the conversation that was published on April 29, 2025, Trump said that he now felt more comfortable than during his first term. He described this as extremely challenging because he was confronted with "fraudulent types" in a constant struggle for survival, but did not give any names for it. The interview came as a surprise because the editor-in-chief of "The Atlantic", Jeffrey Goldberg, had recently been involved in the so-called signal group chat affair after he was accidentally included in a group with Defense Minister Pete Hegseth and others who discussed sensitive national security issues. Despite his previous criticism of Goldberg, Trump wanted to find out whether the magazine can "report the truth".
In a remarkable part of the interview, Trump praised Defense Minister Hegseth, whom he thought was capable of managing the challenging situation. When asked about the opposition, especially the Democrats, Trump said that they had lost her self -confidence and could not have a clear leader. Such statements underline the ongoing political pressure and the tensions between the parties during its presidency.
government communication under the magnifying glass
This was already the second incident in which Hegseth had shared sensitive military information outside of secured government agencies. A month ago it became known that he had incorrectly added the editor-in-chief of "The Atlantic", Jeffrey Goldberg, in another signal chat. Schiff demanded that all messages sent by official bodies of the Trump administration to be sent to encrypted messaging apps should be kept in order to enable a comprehensive review of the use of such platforms.
public concern and legal steps
In the course of these developments, the American Oversight organization has more than a dozen FOIA inquiries to use signal by members of the Trump administration. The initiative follows the public interest in the coordination of military attack plans about apps that many consider unsuitable for official communication. The national security advisor Mike Waltz initiated Signal to communicate with cabinet members through important national security issues, whereby personal Gmail accounts were also used for official businesses. In view of these incidents, the press spokeswoman of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, has described Signal as a "approved app" for government use. However, the question arises how effective this is because the authorities are obliged to preserve records on official communication channels. In order to address the resulting scandal, a new guideline for storing records for employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) was introduced.American Oversight has also filed a lawsuit against several civil servants in order to act against the possible illegal destruction of government documents and to forget to restore records. These legal steps illustrate the continuing need to maintain integrity and transparency within the government, especially in a political environment that is often shaped by controversy.
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