PResident Donald Trump replaces his national security advisor Mike Waltz and calls him the UN Ambassador, he announced Thursday, celebrating the first major staff of Trump's second term.
An older official of the White House told the time that Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong leave their positions on Thursday, weeks after the bomb The report revealed that Waltz used an encrypted messaging application signal to coordinate a sensitive military strike against Yemen Houth fighters.
Former green beret from Florida and Congressman Waltz added mistakenly Atlantic Ocean Jeffrey Goldberg to a private conversation, which eventually led to the publication of the main operational details after the attack, including timing and weapons packages – those that were later confirmed after the Trump administration officials humiliated the sensitivity of the information in the conversation.
Although Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth has disclosed the signal of the Signal Threaded Military Plans, the Waltz Group created and invited the journalist to read unintentionally. “I take full responsibility. I built the group,” he told Fox News at the time. “It's embarrassing. We'll get to the bottom of it.” Misstepp called the Court of Speculation in Washington whether anyone would be responsible. Trump publicly supported both members of his cabinet during the immediate effect, calling Waltz “a good man” who had learned his lesson.
Waltz now needs Senate support to represent the US in the UN -a confirmation process that can prove to be a challenge, taking into account the thin majority of the Republicans. The role of the UN Ambassador was open after the representative Elise Stefanik gave up his candidacy so that he could worry about his housewife for a narrow majority of GOP. “Already during his period in the battlefield, at the congress and as my national security advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our people in the first place,” Trump Truth Social posted. “I know he does the same in his new role.”
Trump announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is working as a temporary national security adviser.
With Waltz replaced more than five weeks after Atlantic Ocean The story, Capitol Hill's Democrats, speculate that the administration believes that enough time has passed to exit as part of a broader reorganization, not direct reaction to leaks. Many demand that Hegseth also step down from his post. More notice has revealed that Hegsth shared military plans in another signal group conversation that included his wife and brother. In the meantime, former employees has said That the Pentagon has a “culture of fear and toxicity”.
“If the Trump administration took care of either national security or responsibility, Pete Hegsth would be out in his back,” says Elizabeth Warren, Elder of Massachusetts. “The concept of Hegset's management is to blame Waltz, but I do not think that Waltz was the one who installed the Hegsetti cabinet or invited his wife, brother and lawyer to have speeches where classified information was exchanged … He put our national security threat – it is as bad as it gets as badly.”
Trump said Atlantic Ocean Over the weekend that he thinks it is Hegset to “get it together” and that he had a “positive story” with his former Fox News Host. Both attended Hegseth and Waltz on Wednesday at the Trump Cabinet meeting, arranging a national security record for the administration. “We have had 100 days of your management with respect, strongly,” Waltz said. “Mr President of this great team … is the honor to serve you in this administration.”
Wong, a veteran diplomat, who was appointed Deputy National Security Adviser and previously worked as a North Korean ambassador during Trump's first term.
The White House did not respond to the comment request of this story.
The signal case was not the only vulnerability of Waltz. Many of Trump had been seen in the orbit for a long time as Trump in Russia, Iran and China, sometimes bouncing with other white house officials – Wall Street Journal reportedTo.
His presence in the White House was also the flash of right -wing activists, including Laura Loomer, a right -wing commentator of the firefighter, known to have Trump's ear. Loomer has been critical of Waltz and has allegedly accused him of NSC staff neoons and officials who are insufficiently loyal to “America First” on the agenda. On Thursday, he publicly celebrated Waltz's departure in social media, writing “scalp”.
With the departure of the Waltz National Security Council, none of the three Republican Trumps remained with his second administration. Former representative Matt Gaetz, who became the Attorney General, ended the candidacy in the middle of legal issues in November. In March, Stefanik had to give up plans to represent the United States in the United Nations after accommodation Republicans who worked with a narrow majority could not afford to lose their voice.
Waltz's fall is against the background of Trump's efforts to project a more stable administration after the first term defined by a high -level clop. During his first four years, Trump conducted four national security advisers – including Michael Flynn, who was dismissed in 2017 after the year of misleading Vice President Mike Pence with the Russian Ambassador.
Although Waltz lived longer, his term of office was no less rocky – he showed the external pressure of Trump's loyalists and carried a harmful leak that reflected national security through circles. On Thursday morning, he appeared on television with Ukraine with a new critical mineral agreement. His departure appeared an hour later.
– Eric Cortellessa with reporting
