President Donald Trump plans to sit for an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, the magazine announced Thursday. The meeting follows recent controversy involving Goldberg and administration communications.
The interview comes after Jeffrey Goldberg inadvertently gained access to a Signal group chat used by top administration officials. The chat reportedly included discussions related to war plans, leading to Goldberg publishing messages from the group.
Trump cited curiosity as a primary driver for agreeing to the interview. He suggested it serves as a personal challenge to assess the publication's capacity for objective reporting regarding him.
"I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful,'" the president stated on Truth Social.
After Goldberg was mistakenly added to the administration chat in March, the journalist revealed he was included in a discussion among officials concerning military actions. He later chose to publish the messages after the White House disputed his initial characterizations.
Recent reporting also noted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly shared details of the same military planning in a separate group message with family members and a personal lawyer, drawing further attention to communications security.
Two staff writers, Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, will join Goldberg for the interview. Both journalists joined the magazine recently to enhance coverage of the administration and previously worked for The Washington Post.
Trump indicated the piece resulting from the interview will carry the headline, "The most consequential president of this century."
"The way I look at it, what can be so bad," Trump said. "I WON!"
