President Donald Trump mentioned the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic Ocean Jeffrey Goldberg A 'Total Sleag' when he defended the national security adviser Michael Waltz against calls on the addition of Goldberg to a chat of the White House.
Goldberg unveiled on Monday in a story that a 'Michael Waltz' had added him to a group cat on the coded app signal, where top officials of the White House discussed plans for attacking the Houthis supported earlier this month.
On Tuesday, the White House went against the journalist during an event in the cabinet room – despite the fact that Goldberg left certain details from his story for national security reasons.
“But that is an app that many people use,” Trump said about signal. And someone went on. And I know by chance, the man is a total Smeasbag. The Atlantic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean is a failed magazine. Does very, very bad, nobody gives nothing. This gives it a bit of a shot. '
He continued by claiming that the Atlantic Ocean 'made up more stories' and later said that Goldberg 'was actually bad for the country'.
“And it's just a failing magazine and the audience understands that,” said Trump.
He then focused his attention on Waltz, who was sitting next to the president's ambassador choices.
“He is a very good man. That man is a very good man there who criticizes you so much, “said Trump. “He is a very good man and he will continue to do well.”
President Donald Trump mentioned the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Ocean Jeffrey Goldberg A 'Total SleaZebag' when he defended the national security adviser Michael Waltz against calling on the addition of Goldberg to a chat of the White House group
The editor -in -chief Jeffey Goldberg of the Atlantic Ocean revealed on Monday that he had accidentally added to a high -level signal group by a 'Michael Waltz', the name of the national security adviser
In an interview earlier on Tuesday with NBC News, Trump suggested that it was not a waltz, but an unnamed assistant who accidentally added Goldberg to the group chat.
When it was Waltz's turn to speak, he went one step further and denied knowing Goldberg.
“There are many journalists in this city who have made big names for themselves, lies about this president, whether it is the Russia -Hoax or inventing lies about Gold Star families,” Waltz told the Chamber.
“And this in particular, I have never met, I don't know, never communicate,” he claimed. “And we are, and we investigate him and discuss how he came to this room.”
Goldberg had written in the play that he had met Waltz, a former congress member in Florida, in the past.
“I met him in the past, and although I thought it was not particularly strange that he might reach me, I thought it was somewhat unusual, given the controversial relationship of the Trump administration with journalists – and Trump's periodic fixation on me specifically,” wrote Goldberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
It remains unclear how Waltz or an assistant who acted on Waltz's orders would have had the telephone number of Goldberg if they were unknown.
'So, look, this journalist, Mr. President, wants the world to talk about more hoaxes and this kind of nonsense instead of the freedom that you engage and an important part of our sovereignty is open sea -saving and the beating of the mess of terrorists, what exactly is what your team, and Pete Hegset, has a good friend, the lead.
National security adviser Michael Waltz denied the editor -in -chief Jeffrey Goldberg during an event with ambassadors Tuesday afternoon
Trump defended other members of his national security team who were in the signal chat, including Hegseeth and vice president JD Vance.
He then told journalists that he had no idea how the app worked.
“Well, I don't know anything about signal, I was not involved in this, I just heard about it,” Trump said. “I hear it is used by many groups. It is widely used by the media. It is used by a lot of army, I think successfully, but sometimes someone can come up with those things, that's one of the prices you pay if you don't visit the situations room without telephones, which is always the best, frankly, “Trump said.
The president ideally said: “Everyone would sit together in a room, the room would have sturdy head walls and a lead ceiling and a lead floor.”
“But you know, life doesn't always let you do that,” Trump added.
Trump's unfamiliarity with the message technology could be seen when he said that Goldberg “got off the line very early.”
Goldberg removed itself from the signal group after the US finished attacking the Houthis and then asked members of the group, including Waltz, to comment.
Trump drove that the journalist might have been able to add himself.
“Can people break into conversations?” Trump mused. 'And if that is true, we must find a different form of devices. And I think we might have to do that. '
The president was without obligation about changing procedures in the light of the controversy, the largest White House scandal since he took office in January.
“Well, I mean, look, we look at everything, and you know, they have made a big problem of this because we had two perfect months,” Trump said.
