President Donald Trump was standing by Mike Waltz on Tuesday. It was reported that a national security adviser accidentally added a journalist to a group chat discussing war plans.
Trump told NBC News in a phone interview that Waltz “learned his lessons” from the incident and that he was a “good guy.” The waltz seemed to have it Added Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg from a signal group chat dedicated to discussing the pending strikes of the Hooty Rebels in Yemen.
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes confirmed with the Daily Caller News Foundation that the group chat is authentic. The White House is currently investigating how Goldberg numbers have been added to the group. (Related: White House confirmed to check Heggs, Waltz & Company.
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Goldberg reported that he was invited to group chat in the Atlantic before a planned attack on Hooty’s rebels took place. The plans explained in the chat are said to correspond to the regime’s subsequent actions in Yemen. After the attack, Goldberg left the chat and notified Waltz that he had seen the message through the app.
US President Donald Trump, accompanied by US national security adviser Michael Waltz (R), asked a reporter a question during a meeting with White House oval Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC (photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).
According to NBC News, Trump also added that Goldberg’s presence “has no effect on the operation.”
In addition to the waltz, the group chat included Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Prime Minister Susie Wills, National Intelligence Director Tarsi Gabbard, and Vice President JD Vance.
Hegseth defended the chat on Monday, saying, “No one was discussing the war plans.” Goldberg argues against it, but did not publish many details in his article. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt I insisted That Chat did not discuss the war plan ando Categorized material has been sent to the thread. ”
However, Goldberg claimed in his article that Hegseth sent the message “contains operational details of upcoming strikes in Yemen, including information on targets, weapons deployed by the US, and attack sequences.”
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