Trump downplays leaked group texts with 18 senior officials and a reporter as not ‘serious’ while Democrats blast ‘utterly unprofessional’ lapse

President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen’s Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, saying it was “the only glitch in two months” of his administration.

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