President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended national security adviser Mike Waltz after The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal chat with other high-level administration officials.
Trump said he still backs Waltz, a former Republican congressman, as some House Democrats suggested that administration officials be fired over the incident.
In response to questions about Waltz’s status inside the White House, Trump told NBC News in a phone interview on Tuesday that “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” adding that Goldberg’s presence in the chat had “no impact at all.”
The president also appeared to confirm in his interview that Waltz added Goldberg to the chat, saying: “It was one of Michael’s people on the phone. A staffer had his number on there.”…