Speaking to reporters Monday afternoon, Trump was asked for his response to the article and said: “I don’t know anything about it, I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me it’s a magazine that’s going out of business … but I know nothing about it,” before asking the reporter to clarify what the article said.

When the reporter clarified The Atlantic reported Trump’s Cabinet members were using Signal, a messaging app, to coordinate the attack on the Houthis, Trump said, “Well it couldn’t have been very effective because the attack was very effective … I don’t know anything about it, you’re telling me about it for the first time.”

The report was published Monday by The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and alleged he was unknowingly put in the Signal chat alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and others.

The article included screenshots of figures appearing to be the leaders discussing whether to attack the Houthis in Yemen, and then congratulating each other after the attack took place.