Things are heating up in the Trump admin. And not in a good way either.
Because this top Trump official’s resignation news has the White House in a complete frenzy.
Trump Stands by National Security Adviser Amid Alleged Security Breach
In a twist that’s kept Washington buzzing, President Donald Trump has no intention of showing National Security Adviser Mike Waltz the door, despite a storm kicked up by The Atlantic over an apparent national security slip-up. Fox News has confirmed through a source tight with the president that Waltz’s position remains rock-solid—no pink slip in sight.
Waltz, unfazed by the swirling controversy, is keeping his Tuesday agenda on track. Fox News has learned he’s set to hash out a Black Sea ceasefire with his Russian counterpart and will catch up with Trump later as part of their usual routine. Resignation? Not even on the table, sources say.
According to Fox News, Waltz is also making it clear to colleagues he’s never crossed paths—or even swapped words—with Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, who’s at the heart of this drama.
The White House isn’t staying quiet either. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired off a statement Tuesday, taking aim at Goldberg’s track record.
“Jeffrey Goldberg is well-known for his sensationalist spin,” she declared, before laying out three key points to counter his latest piece: no “war plans” were tossed around, no classified info hit the thread, and the White House Counsel’s Office has been guiding top officials on secure communication platforms.
“As the National Security Council stated, the White House is looking into how Goldberg’s number was inadvertently added to the thread,” Leavitt added. “Thanks to the strong and decisive leadership of President Trump, and everyone in the group, the Houthi strikes were successful and effective. Terrorists were k*lled and that’s what matters most to President Trump.”
So, how did Goldberg’s number sneak into a Signal chat with Cabinet bigwigs? A senior White House official spilled to Fox News that it might’ve been a staffer’s slip—Goldberg’s digits got tied to a contact card in the mix of Cabinet members and their aides. The official, who’s never met Goldberg, noted Signal’s green light across multiple agencies. An honest mistake, perhaps, but it’s lit a fuse.
Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee are howling for Waltz’s head. “This is an outrageous national security breach and heads should roll. We need a full investigation and hearing into this on the House Armed Services Committee, ASAP,” Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania posted on X.
Rep. Sara Jacobs of California echoed the sentiment to Axios: “We can’t chalk this up to a simple mistake — people should be fired for this.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth didn’t mince words Monday, slamming The Atlantic’s report. “Nobody was texting war plans,” he told reporters, branding Goldberg “a deceitful and highly discredited journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.”
Goldberg, meanwhile, took to MSNBC Tuesday morning to unpack the text chain’s contents. He claimed Vice President JD Vance “asserted his disagreement” with Trump in front of other Cabinet members thought to be in the chat, saying Vance “articulated a view that the president didn’t understand the consequences or stakes.” Goldberg called it “notable” that the VP was so candid.
“I just think it’s noteworthy, just my journalistic perspective, that the vice president is, is being so, so blunt about that. But it’s a very substantive policy disagreement on some levels,” he said. A figure tagged “SM”—believed to be Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller—pushed back in the chat, which ultimately leaned toward Trump’s call.
Goldberg also highlighted the group’s focus: squeezing Europe to foot the bill for Houthi strikes and griping about the continent’s inability to guard shipping lanes.
He stressed the military’s strict cybersecurity rules for lower ranks—“You can go to jail. You can go to Leavenworth for mishandling what we would consider to be minor classified information”—and defended The Atlantic against White House jabs.
“We’re a profitable magazine. We have more than 1.2 million paid subscribers. We have tremendous web traffic. And we are completely self-funded at this point. It’s going really great,” he shot back.
As the dust settles, Trump’s team is standing firm, brushing off the uproar as a misstep not worth the fuss—while Democrats demand accountability and Goldberg doubles down.
Stay tuned to The Federalist Wire.
