Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg responded to Trump’s government pushback on Monday’s publishing article about signal chat that discussed US attacks on Houthi in Yemen said accidentally shared with Goldberg.
Speaking to ABC News, Goldberg said the White House was involved in a semantic game by focusing on the use of the “Out of Attack” Thi -Terih “War Plan” in the follow -up report, which was published on Wednesday.
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief, Atlantic, spoke with ABC News, March 26, 2025.
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“This is just nonsense. Bullshit. They vomited all these smokescreens to avoid being asked about why they were so careless that they had sensitive conversations like this in signals, and why they invited a journalist and did not even know that the journalist was there,” he said on Wednesday. “I mean, a war plan, plans to attack. I mean, you know, it’s not talking bullshit, but the actual attack is an accurate term for what they do.”
Shortly after the article on Wednesday was published, the Press Secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt said that in a post on X “this was not a ‘war plan.'”
“Atlantic has conceded: this is not a ‘war plan,'” wrote Leavitt. “All of this story is another trick written by Trump hater who is famous for its sensational rounds.”
Goldberg told ABC News that he and Atlantic felt like they had to respond to the White House attack on their credibility.
“And I think, you know, in the end, I think, okay, let’s let people decide, read these messages, read simple English, and decide whether you think it is appropriate that the Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor to the President of the United States must say these things to a commercial, which is managed personally that the message application is not allowed for them to use, and then make your decision,” he said.
Goldberg released parts of the signal group chat on Monday, including messages from Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard.
On Wednesday, Goldberg released more messages from group chat, detailing the time of attacks and weapons involved. Initially, these messages were kept secret because of concerns about US intelligence classified.
“We ask all these agencies, is there anything, even though the president says there is no here, is there anything you think without us even understanding why endangering someone or something?” He told ABC News. “Cia did ask us to hold back something, so we did it, because we considered it. We consider it seriously.”
Goldberg said he would continue to defend himself.
“When their backs oppose the walls, they tend to call people’s names, but I am not threatened,” Goldberg said. “It’s a kind of thing that is not important to me. We just have to continue to do our work, no matter what people say about us.”