US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025 as, seated from L to R, Vice Presient JD Vance, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Nationwide Safety Advisor Mike Waltz.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday stated he was not upset with nationwide safety advisor Michael Waltz after he reportedly added a journalist to a textual content thread wherein high officers mentioned pending army strikes.
“Michael Waltz has discovered a lesson, and he is a very good man,” Trump instructed NBC Information in a cellphone name when requested if he nonetheless had confidence in his high nationwide safety aide.
Requested how Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, got here to be included in a textual content thread that included Vice President JD Vance and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump blamed a lower-level staffer.
“It was one in every of Michael’s individuals on the cellphone. A staffer had his quantity on there,” the president stated.
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