
Trump says he’ll sit for an interview with the reporter who exposed Hegseth’s ‘Signalgate’
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Trump on Thursday said he will meet with the Atlantic editor-in-chief who, in late March, was accidentally added to a Signal group chat that involved classified information and several top Trump officials, including the secretary of defense.
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will meet with Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic editor-in-chief who, in late March, was accidentally added to a Signal group chat that involved classified information and several top Trump officials. Trump said via Truth Social that he will sit for the interview “out of curiosity” and “as a competition” with himself. The president claimed the conversation will allow him to judge whether The Atlantic can truthfully write a story about him, alleging the publication writes “fictional stories” without offering proof. “Are they capable of writing a fair story on ‘TRUMP’? The way I look at it, what can be so bad — I WON,” the president wrote. The interview will be conducted by Goldberg alongside Atlantic writers Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, Trump wrote. The president added that he was informed it will be part of a longer story titled, “The Most Consequential President of this Century.” The Trump-Goldberg interview comes less than a month after National Security Adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently added the top Atlantic editor to a Signal chat in which top defense advisers discussed a US attack on locations in Yemen. The resulting “Signalgate” scandal shocked US officials and journalists alike, intimating a significant lapse in security protocols and care on the officials’ part. After being added to the Signal chat, Goldberg opted to stay silent because he was unsure if the conversation was legitimate. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth then shared classified information in the group chat about a US strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Notably, Goldberg did not include screenshots of texts in his first report.

































