日期:2025/03/31 12:18来源:未知 人气:55
President Donald Trump revealed that a staffer with national security advisor Mike Waltz's office included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic in a Signal group chat with senior Trump officials who were discussing plans for an upcoming strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"It was one of Michaels people on the phone. A staffer had his number on there," Trump told NBC in a phone interview when asked how Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic's editor-in-chief, was added to the high-profile chat.
The president added that Goldberg's inclusion in the group chat had "no impact at all" on the strike in Yemen.
Goldberg published an article on Monday detailing how he was added to a Signal group chat on March 11, reportedly dubbed "Houthi PC Small Group," which included high-profile government officials, including Waltz , Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and others.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 7, 2025. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Signal is an encrypted messaging app that operates similarly to texting or making phone calls, but with additional security measures that help ensure communications are kept private to those included in the correspondence.
Those in the group reportedly discussed targeting the Iran-backed terrorist group, the Houthis, in Yemen, including timing.
Michael Waltz, President Trump's national security advisor, September 2024. (John Nacion/Getty Images)
"According to the lengthy Hegseth text, the first detonations in Yemen would be felt two hours hence, at 1:45 p.m. eastern time," Goldberg wrote in his first-hand account of the chat. "So I waited in my car in a supermarket parking lot. If this Signal chat was real, I reasoned, Houthi targets would soon be bombed. At about 1:55, I checked X and searched Yemen . Explosions were then being heard across Sanaa, the capital city."
The inclusion of a journalist in the group chat has sparked outrage from Democrats, with some calling on Hegseth and Waltz to resign from their security roles, and others demanding they testify before Congress on the matter.
Trump defended Waltz during his interview with NBC on Tuesday.
"Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and hes a good man," Trump said in the phone interview.
Trump separately defended Waltz in comment to Fox News on Tuesday, saying the national security advisor will not be fired over the incident.
"Hes not getting fired," Trump told Fox News. The president said the incident was a "mistake," though there was "nothing important" in the Signal text thread.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt added in a social media post on Tuesday that "No war plans were discussed" in the group chat, and that "no classified material was sent to the thread."
National security advisor Mike Waltz was previously a Republican congressman from Florida. (Getty Images)
"Jeffrey Goldberg is well-known for his sensationalist spin. Here are the facts about his latest story," she posted to X. "The White House Counsels Office has provided guidance on a number of different platforms for President Trumps top officials to communicate as safely and efficiently as possible."
Jeffrey Goldberg speaks during the
"As the National Security Council stated, the White House is looking into how Goldbergs number was inadvertently added to the thread. Thanks to the strong and decisive leadership of President Trump, and everyone in the group, the Houthi strikes were successful and effective. Terrorists were killed and thats what matters most to President Trump," she added.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for additional comment on the matter, but did not immediately receive a reply.
Fox News' David Rutz, Danielle Wallace and Peter Doocy contributed to this report.
唐纳德·特朗普总统透露,国家安全顾问迈克·沃尔兹办公室的一名工作人员在Signal群聊中加入了《大西洋》杂志的主编,与特朗普的高级官员一起讨论了针对也门胡塞武装分子的即将进行的空袭计划。
打电话的人是迈克尔(Michael)的手下。工作人员有他的号码。
总统补充道,戈德堡加入群聊对也门的罢工“没有丝毫影响”。
戈德堡于周一发表了一篇文章,详细描述了他于3月11日被加入到一个名为“胡塞PC小圈子”的Signal群聊中的经过,该群聊包括高调的政府官员,包括沃尔兹、国防部长皮特·海格赛特、中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫、白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯、国务卿马可·鲁比奥、副总统JD·万斯等人。
Signal 是一款加密通讯应用,其操作方式类似于发送短信或拨打电话,但增加了额外的安全措施,帮助确保通信内容仅限于收件人知晓。
据报道,该组织成员讨论了针对伊朗支持的也门胡塞武装组织进行打击的计划,包括行动的时机。
根据赫格塞特(Hegseth)的冗长文本,也门的第一起爆炸将在两小时后的东部时间下午1:45发生。于是我在超市停车场的车里等待。如果这个Signal聊天是真实的,我推断胡塞(Houthi)的目标很快就会遭到轰炸。大约在1:55,我检查了X并搜索了也门。随后在首都萨那(Sanaa)各地听到了爆炸声。
将一名记者纳入群聊的行为引发了民主党人的愤怒,有人呼吁赫吉斯和沃尔兹辞去他们的安全职务,有人则要求他们在国会就这一问题作证。
在周二接受NBC采访时,特朗普为沃尔兹辩护。
在电话采访中,特朗普表示:“迈克尔·沃尔兹(Michael Waltz)已经吸取了教训,他是个好人。”
特朗普在周二接受福克斯新闻采访时,单独为沃尔茨辩护,表示国家安全顾问不会因该事件被解雇。
特朗普在福克斯新闻上表示:“他不会被解雇。” 总统称这一事件是“错误”,但信号文本线程中“没有重要内容”。
白宫新闻秘书卡洛琳·利维特在周二的社交媒体上发帖称,在群聊中“没有讨论过战争计划”,并且“没有向该线程发送过机密材料。”
杰弗里·高德伯格(Jeffrey Goldberg)因其耸人听闻的报道而闻名。以下是关于他最新报道的事实:白宫法律顾问办公室已为特朗普总统的高级官员在多个不同平台上提供了指导,以实现尽可能安全和高效的沟通。
正如国家安全委员会所述,白宫正在调查戈德堡的号码是如何被意外加入到该通信的。由于特朗普总统及其团队所展现出的强大且果断的领导力,胡塞武装的袭击行动取得了成功且有效。恐怖分子被击毙,而这正是特朗普总统最为关注的事项。
福克斯新闻数字版(Fox News Digital)向白宫就相关事宜请求额外评论,但尚未立即收到回复。
福克斯新闻的David Rutz、Danielle Wallace和Peter Doocy为这篇报道做出了贡献。