One day after the revelation of a shocking security breach from top Trump administration officials, the White House is digging in and hoping it can convince Americans to dismiss the unprecedented lapse as media-driven partisan squabbling even as Democrats are calling for resignations.
On Monday, The Atlantic reported that White House national security adviser Mike Waltz had inadvertently invited the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, into a Signal group chat bearing the name of “Houthi PC small group” on March 11, just days before Trump ordered airstrikes on the Iran-backed, Yemen-based militants — the first major military action of his second term.
