US President Donald Trump has publicly voiced his support for his National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, amidst the Signal app scandal. Trump described Waltz as a “good man” who has “learned a lesson.”
Despite calls for Waltz to resign, including one White House official calling him a ‘f***ing idiot,’ Trump continues to stand by his adviser.
In the controversial text chain, Waltz included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss potential plans to bomb the Houthis in Yemen.
Trump, however, told NBC News: “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.”
The American president also blamed staff for the mixup.
When asked what he knew how Goldberg was added to the Signal chat, Trump said, “It was one of Michael’s people on the phone. A staffer had his number on there.”
In the Signal app group, entitled ‘Houthi PC small group,’ Goldberg was privy to conversations between Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and other top administration officials.
