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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump met with ‘Signalgate' reporter. What we know
Here's one you might not have seen coming. President Donald Trump sat for an interview on Thursday with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, whose reporting on the so-called 'Signalgate' story plunged the Pentagon into crisis. Trump announced the sitdown with Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, on his Truth Social network in the most Trumpian way possible: "Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on 'Suckers and Losers' and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with. Jeffrey is bringing with him Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, not exactly pro-Trump writers, either, to put it mildly! The story they are writing, they have told my representatives, will be entitled, 'The Most Consequential President of this Century.' I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.' Are they capable of writing a fair story on 'TRUMP'? The way I look at it, what can be so bad – I WON!" Goldberg touched off the White House's ongoing PR and national security headache in late March when he was added to a group chat between senior administration officials, including National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Read More: Trump admin. accidentally texts journalist air strike plans That conversation, about a planned U.S. attack on Houthi forces in Yemen, took place on Signal, an encrypted, commercially available chat application. Normally, such conversations take place in secure government facilities. Last month, in response to their request to interview him, Trump said Parker 'has been as terrible as is possible for as long as I have known her' and claimed she 'is not capable of doing a fair and unbiased interview,' according to Politico. Scherer, he said, 'has never written a fair story about me, only negative, and virtually always LIES,' the online news outlet reported. Trump is no fan of The Atlantic, repeatedly dismissing it as a 'failing magazine,' though he said as recently as March 2024, that it was profitable, Politico further reported. Read More: Polls find Americans souring on Trump's handling on major issue Trump has been equally critical of Goldberg, calling him a 'sleazebag' whose reporting is 'bad for the country.' The Atlantic declined Politico's request comment. Trump said Thursday the magazine would run a story about him called 'The Most Consequential President of this Century.' Trump's approval 'way down' as term approaches 100 days, Fox News poll says In reversal, Trump admin reinstates revoked U.S. visas for foreign students FBI: Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man avoid ICE has been arrested Former Speaker Pelosi: Rep. McGovern's daughter 'truly angelic in her goodness' 'Black April' to triumph: Boston's Vietnamese community to celebrate its history | John L. Micek Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump to meet with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
President Trump says he plans to meet with Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who was mistakenly added to a group chat with several top intelligence and defense officials in his administration where plans for an attack on terrorists in Yemen were discussed. Trump wrote on his Truth Social site he would meet with Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, who the president said was 'responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on 'Suckers and Losers' and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with.' Trump said Goldberg plans to bring two top reporters at The Atlantic with him, Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, whom the president called 'not exactly pro-Trump writers, either, to put it mildly!' Goldberg's team told White House officials the story they are writing will be titled 'The Most Consequential President of this Century,' Trump said. 'I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful,'' he added. Trump has repeatedly attacked Goldberg and The Atlantic over its coverage of him, and he dismissed the bombshell report published last month as 'fake news.' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, one of the officials in the group chat, is now embroiled in another controversy over a second group chat that reportedly included sensitive information. Trump has offered support for Hegseth. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump announces he'll be interviewed by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
President Donald Trump announced he will sit down with The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg for an interview on Thursday, in spite of Trump believing he's responsible for "many fictional stories" about him over the years. Goldberg was behind the explosive story last month about being accidentally included on a private Signal chat of Trump administration officials discussing an upcoming attack in Yemen. Trump said in a Truth Social post that Atlantic writers Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker would join Goldberg, and he agreed to the interview "out of curiosity." The White House confirmed the interview will take place in the Oval Office. "Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on 'Suckers and Losers' and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with," Trump wrote. Atlantic Journalist At Center Of Leak Story Faces Fury From Trump, Top Officials "Jeffrey is bringing with him Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, not exactly pro-Trump writers, either, to put it mildly! The story they are writing, they have told my representatives, will be entitled, 'The Most Consequential President of this Century.' I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.' Are they capable of writing a fair story on 'TRUMP'? The way I look at it, what can be so bad – I WON!" Read On The Fox News App Trump's sit-down with The Atlantic shows once again he's willing to venture beyond friendly outlets. He has been harshly critical of Goldberg and the left-leaning magazine, including after Goldberg was in the midst of a strange saga last month known as "SignalGate." Goldberg reported last month that he was shocked to be included on a group Signal chat of top Trump figures – including National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio – discussing plans to attack the Houthis in Yemen. Trump Admin Declares The Atlantic's Signal Article A 'Hoax' After It Drops 'War Plans' Rhetoric He remained quiet about his inclusion on the chat until after the attacks took place, which confirmed to him that he was not being pranked, but in fact was seeing private discussions in real time. The National Security Council later acknowledged his inadvertent inclusion in the chat. Critics pounced on the saga as proof of Trump administration incompetence and recklessness, while officials involved like Hegseth said it was much ado about nothing. Goldberg, already persona non grata with Trump for his longtime claim that the president once called dead veterans "suckers" and "losers," did not improve his standing in the president's eyes. "I happen to know the guy is a total sleazebag," Trump said last month of Goldberg. "The Atlantic is a failed magazine, does very, very poorly. Nobody gives a damn about it." Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there was "arguably no one in the media who loves manufacturing and pushing hoaxes more than Jeffrey Goldberg," at one point referring to him as an "anti-Trump hater." Goldberg interviewed President Barack Obama several times in office for lengthy Atlantic features about his foreign policy. Trump Reveals Who Was Behind Signal Text Chain Leak While The Atlantic has printed heterodox views on various topics, it could never be mistaken for a Trump-friendly outlet. Under Goldberg's leadership, The Atlantic endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris in 2024, only the fourth and fifth presidential endorsements in the magazine's history. It also endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016, the same year Goldberg became editor. It's referred to him as "one of the most personally malignant and politically dangerous" candidates in history and printed numerous articles and opinion pieces assailing his brand of politics and governance. Fox News Digital reached out to The Atlantic for article source: Trump announces he'll be interviewed by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
Daily Mail
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Trump to sit for interview with Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg
Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg is set to get a top White House briefing – on purpose, this time. President Donald Trump, who is engaged in a feverish bid to sell his presidency as his 100th day in office approaches, revealed that he is sitting down with Goldberg, who he termed a 'sleazebag' after the journalist exposed the Signal group chat scandal. 'Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on 'Suckers and Losers' and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social site. That last line acknowledged the impact of the story, which set off an internal White House probe as well as an IG investigation at the Pentagon, though both Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz have survived. SignalGate refers to the encrypted group chat with top administration officials that Goldberg was inadvertently included on as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared advance information about an attack on the Houthis in Yemen. Goldberg published a story about it titled 'The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans' where he disclosed following the attack in real time from a store parking lot. The administration denied the chat included war plans and said the information wasn't classified, although officials were floored that top officials would discuss an imminent attack on an a private encrypted app. Trump also invited a pair of other reporters from the publication who has ripped in the past. 'Jeffrey is bringing with him Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, not exactly pro-Trump writers, either, to put it mildly!' Trump wrote. 'The story they are writing, they have told my representatives, will be entitled, 'The Most Consequential President of this Century,' Trump posted, in a topic that could not be immediately confirmed. Then he explained the unexpected reason he had even consented to the meeting. 'I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.' Are they capable of writing a fair story on 'TRUMP'? The way I look at it, what can be so bad – I WON!' he concluded. Trump hits his 100-day mark next week, as his public approval rating has dropped to 44 percent in a new Fox News poll. That puts Trump below all of his recent predecessors, and even a point behind his own first-term rating of 45 percent. Trump slammed the Fox polling unit in a Thursday post. In the fury after the Signal story broke late last month, the Trump White House also attacked Goldberg over a 2020 story by Goldberg that reported Trump told senior staff that fallen soldiers were 'suckers' and 'losers.' Trump denied the story at the time, although his former White House chief of staff John Kelly later confirmed elements of it in a statement. There was concern in Trump's story after the Signal story broke about whether Waltz, who created the group chat, had been speaking to Goldberg. But it was since reported that the snafu may have occurred because aid aide added Goldberg's information to another security staffer's name. In addition to his media outreach, Trump has planned a trip to battleground Michigan next week in advance of his 100th day. He flies to Rome Friday to attend the funeral for Pope Francis, and will have a press corps in tow as he confronts the war in Ukraine and the ongoing trade war.
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24-04-2025
- Politics
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'Person responsible for many...': Trump to be interviewed by The Atlantic's Goldberg after Signal scandal
'Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on 'Suckers and Losers' and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with,' said Trump read more US President Donald Trump will today meet Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, who was accidentally added to Pete Hegseth Signal group chat. Taking to Truth Social, Trump said, 'Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on 'Suckers and Losers' and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Trump said that Goldberg will be accompanied by The Atlantic reporters Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker. He added that, according to his representatives, the upcoming story The Atlantic is preparing will be titled 'The Most Consequential President of This Century.' 'I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.' Are they capable of writing a fair story on 'TRUMP'? The way I look at it, what can be so bad – I WON!' Goldberg drew attention to the Trump administration's handling of sensitive information after he disclosed that he was mistakenly added to a group chat involving senior officials discussing planned airstrikes in Yemen. The chat, which took place in March, included top-level Trump administration figures coordinating military actions. Goldberg's inclusion in the thread prompted immediate concern over operational security. The White House later confirmed the authenticity of the text messages but disputed the accuracy of Goldberg's reporting. Initially withholding certain details to avoid compromising national security, Goldberg eventually released the full exchange after the White House publicly said the messages did not contain classified material or war plans. The incident triggered criticism of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, particularly after follow-up reports revealed he had shared details about the Yemen strikes in a separate encrypted Signal chat with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer. With inputs from agencies
