President Donald Trump revealed a staffer with national security advisor Mike Waltz’s office added the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a Signal group chat.
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PresidentDonaldTrumprevealedthatastafferwithnationalsecurityadvisorMikeWaltz’sofficeincludedtheeditor-in-chiefoftheAtlanticinaSignalgroupchatwithseniorTrumpofficialswhowerediscussingplansforanupcomingstrikeonHouthirebelsinYemen.
“ItwasoneofMichael’speopleonthephone. Astafferhadhisnumberonthere,”TrumptoldNBCinaphoneinterviewwhenaskedhowJeffreyGoldberg,theAtlantic’seditor-in-chief,wasaddedtothehigh-profilechat.
ThepresidentaddedthatGoldberg’sinclusioninthegroupchathad“noimpactatall”onthestrikeinYemen.
GoldbergpublishedanarticleonMondaydetailinghowhewasaddedtoaSignalgroupchatonMarch11,reportedlydubbed“HouthiPCSmallGroup,”whichincludedhigh-profilegovernmentofficials,includingWaltz,SecretaryofDefensePeteHegseth,CIADirectorJohnRatcliffe,WhiteHousechiefofstaffSusieWiles,SecretaryofStateMarco
