President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed confidence in National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, after The Atlantic revealed he created a group chat with top national security officials to collaborate on strikes against Houthis in Yemen that the magazine’s editor-in-chief accidentally got added to.
NBC News’ Garrett Haake said in a brief interview, Trump told him he still has confidence in Waltz and that he “has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.”
Haake added, “The President told me he believes the story is essentially a non-issue, and that Goldberg’s presence on the chat had ‘no impact at all.’ The attacks, he continued, were ‘perfectly successful.'”
He said he asked Trump if he were frustrated that the story has gotten so much attention, to which Trump reportedly responded no and that it was “the only glitch in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one.”In a brief interview, @POTUS tells me he still has confidence in @MikeWaltz47 - after @TheAtlantic Signal story yesterday: "Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he's a good man."
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) March 25, 2025
