President Donald Trump stood by Mike Waltz Tuesday after it was reported that the national security advisor inadvertently added a journalist to a group chat discussing war plans.
Trump told NBC News in a phone interview that Waltz had “learned his lesson” from the incident and that he was a “good man.” Waltz appeared to have added The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffery Goldberg to a Signal group chat dedicated to discussing pending strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Brian Hughes, the spokesman for the National Security Council, confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that the group chat was genuine. The White House is currently investigating how Goldberg’s number was added to the group. (RELATED: White House Confirms Hegseth, Waltz & Co. Accidentally Leaked War Planning To Journalist)
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