Speaking to Newsmax, Donald Trump said that it was possible that part of the responsibility for destruction and vandalizing of Tesla vehicles lay with “billionaires on the left.”

“The Tesla violence. Have you heard anything about billionaires on the left, whether it's Soros or somebody else. Have you heard anything about planning, coordination, funding for these attacks?” asked Newsmax host Greg Kelly.

Trump replied: “I believe that that is part of it, yeah. There are some of them that were involved with my trials that were, I think, probably involved with that also.”

In an interview with Newsmax, which aired on Tuesday, Donald Trump offered a theory on how journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, had ended up on a Signal group chat in which U.S. military plans were discussed.

The president called Goldberg “a loser” and said the his publication, The Atlantic, was “failing.”

“It's a terrible magazine. They made up all sorts of stories about me with with standing over the grave of soldiers,” he said, referring to a prior piece published by the outlet.

“But Goldberg's a loser. His magazine's a big loser. And what it was, we believe, is somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that was with Mike Waltz, worked for Mike waltz at a lower level, had, I guess, Goldberg's number or called through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.”

James Liddell reports.

Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, released excerpts of the conversation among national security officials on the messaging app Signal after he was accidentally added to the group chat — exercising a right to publish that has sparked controversy among Trump administration officials.

Where does the law stand on this?

Ariana Baio explains.

James Liddell reports.

Donald Trump’s interview with Greg Kelly from Newsmax is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. eastern.

It comes after the president said Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, has no need to apologize for the alarming security breach in which he inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, to a Signal group chat about upcoming military action.

Michael Waltz has said he takes “full responsibility” for the leaking of the Yemen military plan with a journalist from The Atlantic and and says the White House is moving forward.

Gustaf Kilander and Graig Graziosi have the story.

The stunning revelation that The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently added to a group chat detailing recent airstrikes in Yemen has called into question the U.S. government’s ability to safeguard sensitive information and has exposed a potentially big legal problem.

Here’s Rhian Lubin to explain.

The United States is fortunate indeed that Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic magazine – and the surprise beneficiary of a leak of sensitive military plans – is a man of sound judgement. Had he not been, and had recklessly made public the top-secret details of US attacks on Houthi rebels, then the consequences would have been serious and possibly even fatal for US service personnel.

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