Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, inadvertently found himself included in a Signal group chat among Trump administration officials planning an airstrike in Yemen. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz's phone auto-suggestion mistakenly saved Goldberg's number under another contact's name due to a text relayed by a Trump spokesperson after Goldberg's email request for comment. This mishap led to Waltz unintentionally adding Goldberg to the group chat when he intended to add the spokesperson instead.
The simplest explanation: National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had Goldberg saved as a contact in his phone and accidentally added him.
Goldberg scoffed, 'This isn't 'The Matrix.' But an internal investigation revealed a more complicated situation involving iPhone auto-suggestions.
According to the Guardian, after Goldberg emailed the White House, a Trump spokesperson texted Waltz, leading to an unintended contact suggestion.
For his part, Goldberg remarked, 'I'm not going to comment on my relationship with Mike Waltz beyond saying I do know him and have spoken to him.'
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