President Donald Trump is not planning to fire National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in the wake of The Atlantic’s reporting of an apparent national security breach, Fox News has learned.
A source close to the president told Fox News that Waltz’s job is safe and that he is not on the chopping block.
Fox News is told Waltz has no plans to resign and is sticking to his schedule Tuesday. He will be talking to his Russian counterpart about a Black Sea ceasefire deal and has plans to speak to Trump as usual later Tuesday.
Waltz is also telling colleagues that he has never met or talked to the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, Fox News has learned.
Jeffrey Goldberg speaks on stage during the “Nancy Pelosi on The Art of Power” panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington, D.C. ( Jemal Countess/Getty Images for The Atlantic)
A senior White House official revealed how Goldberg may have been added to the Signal text chain with Cabinet members.
The official told Fox News that he has never met and has never spoken to Goldberg. Somehow, Goldberg’s number was added to one of the members of the list, the senior official said, noting that Signal is allowed in multiple agencies.
It appears that Goldberg’s number was added to a contact card by one of the Trump administration staffers, Fox News has learned. The chat had Cabinet officials plus some of those officials’ staffers.
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National Security Adviser Michael Waltz during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on March 13, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee are calling for Waltz’s ouster over the breach.
“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, D-Pa., wrote on X.
“We can’t chalk this up to a simple mistake — people should be fired for this,” Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., told Axios.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted The Atlantic article, telling reporters on Monday that “nobody was texting war plans.”
Hegseth billed Goldberg as a “deceitful and highly discredited journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Goldberg appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday morning to discuss the contents of the text chain. The reporter said Vice President JD Vance “asserted his disagreement” with Trump in front of other Cabinet members believed to be on the text chain and “articulated a view that the president didn’t understand the consequences or stakes.”
“I think it’s notable that the vice president of United States is telling members of the cabinet that I don’t think the president understands,” Goldberg said. “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 it’s a substantive policy disagreement on some levels.”
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Goldberg further categorized the chat as “obviously very focused on getting Europe to pay for the strikes on the Houthis and a lot of resentment directed at Europe for not having the capacity to defend shipping lanes that are affected by the Houthis.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
