By Tarini Parti and Alex Leary
WASHINGTON—President Trump expressed support for his national security adviser and the White House denied that classified materials were shared by administration officials on a group chat on a nongovernment service that mistakenly included a journalist.
The Atlantic’s report has put a spotlight on national security adviser Mike Waltz, who organized the group thread about U.S. plans to launch airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi militants and included the magazine’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. The incident has prompted widespread concern in Washington about the administration’s procedures for protecting sensitive defense information.
Trump on Tuesday signaled his support for Waltz, who had privately come under criticism from some administration officials in the aftermath of the incident. “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” Trump told NBC News.
The president called the episode “the only glitch in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one.”
His comments came as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that officials in the thread didn’t discuss “war plans.” She also said the White House Counsel’s Office “has provided guidance on a number of different platforms for President Trump’s top officials to communicate as safely and efficiently as possible.”
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