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,

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

President Donald Trump claims he doesn’t fire people for ridiculous reasons—which seems to include leaking (potentially) classified information. Following this week’s Signal group chat fiasco, numerous reports have surfaced claiming that the president has quietly contemplated firing national security adviser Mike Waltz,