Trump Official Says Journalist He Reportedly Added To War Plan Chat Is Lying | EUROtoday

Mike Waltz, the Trump administration official who reportedly added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a extremely delicate group chat concerning conflict strikes in Yemen, is now hanging out in opposition to the journalist’s story.

During a gathering with President Donald Trump the place reporters have been allowed to ask questions, the nationwide safety adviser claimed he has by no means met Goldberg and accused the journalist of “making up lies” ― despite the fact that a spokesperson for the National Security Council confirmed the textual content thread Goldberg reported on was actual.

“There’s a lot of journalists in this city who have made big names for themselves making up lies about this president,” Waltz stated. “Whether it’s the Russia hoax or making up lies about Gold Star families, and this one in particular I’ve never met, don’t know, never communicated with, and we are looking into and reviewing how the heck he got into this room.”

Waltz then tried to avoid wasting his job by altering the topic and praising his fearless chief.

“But I’ll tell you what, the world owes President Trump a favor,” he stated. “Under Biden, global shipping was shut down. Pinprick attacks, months between them, our destroyers being fired upon dozens of times. President Trump took decisive action with his national security team, took out the head missileer, knocked out missiles, knocked out headquarters, knocked out communication sites. And for once, as we hear, as you all hear from every one of our allies, thank God for American leadership again, thank God for American strength. You’re welcome.”

Waltz continued to kiss as much as Trump and threw in an assault on Goldberg’s fame as well.

“So, look, this journalist, Mr. President, wants the world talking about more hoaxes and this kind of nonsense rather than the freedom that you’re enabling,” Waltz stated. “And a key part of our sovereignty is open sea lanes and knocking the crap out of terrorists, which is exactly what your team and [Defense Secretary] Pete Hegseth, a good friend and fellow veteran, is leading the charge on. And it’s an honor to be a part of it.”

Trump felt obliged to assault Goldberg as nicely and informed reporters after Waltz spoke that “the person that was on[thegroupchat[justhappenstobeasleazebagsomaybethat’sjustcoincidenceIdon’tknowhe’sbasicallybadforthecountry”[thegroupchat[justhappenstobeasleazebagsomaybethat’sjustcoincidenceIdon’tknowhe’sbasicallybadforthecountry”

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Goldberg stands by his story and informed The Bulwark’s podcast on Tuesday afternoon that he’s contemplating publishing extra of the texts to counter the Trump administration’s makes an attempt to downplay the story’s significance.