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President Donald Trump Jeffrey Goldberg called a "complete scumbag" while defending National Security Advisor Michael Waltz from demands for resignation due to accidentally including Goldberg in an email. White House group chat.

Goldberg disclosed in an article on Monday. It was reported that 'Michael Waltz' included him in a group chat on the secure messaging platform Signal, wherein senior White House staff members deliberated strategies for targeting the Iran-supported Houthis just last month.

On Tuesday, the White House took a defensive stance against the journalist at an event held in the Cabinet Room, even though Goldberg left out some specifics from his report due to national security concerns.

But many people use that app," Trump stated regarding Signal. "Somebody managed to get onto it. By the way, I know this person; he’s a complete scumbag. As for The Atlantic, it’s a failing magazine. It performs extremely badly and nobody cares about it at all. This situation might give it some slight attention.

He went on to assert that The Atlantic fabricated additional narratives.

"And it’s simply a struggling magazine, and people understand this," Trump stated.

Next, he focused his attention on Waltz, who was seated next to several of the president's chosen ambassadors.

He is an excellent person. The individual whom you harshly critique is indeed a highly commendable person," Trump stated. "He is doing great work and will keep up this fine performance.

During an interview earlier Tuesday with NBC News, he stated , Trump indicated that it was not Walt Disney. but an unnamed aide who accidentally included Goldberg in the group conversation.

During his turn to speak, Waltz took an additional step and claimed not to know Goldberg.

"There are numerous reporters in this city who have gained significant reputations by fabricating falsehoods about the current president, be it through the Russia conspiracy theory or by inventing untruths regarding Gold Star families," Waltz stated to those present.

And specifically about this individual, I have never met them, do not know them, and have never had communication with them," the ex-Florida representative stated. "We are currently investigating them and examining how on earth they managed to enter this room.

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