President Donald Trump appointed Thursday Mike Waltz as his new Ambassador to the United Nations After several reports, he said that he would be ousted as a national security advisor for his controversial role in the group cat disclosed American military attack plans on the signal messaging application.
Instead of appointing a new national security advisor, Trump said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would take control of this role, which is based in the White House.
“Together, we will continue to fight tirelessly to do America and the world again,” wrote Trump on his social media site.
Waltz was informed this week that He is forced to go out From his post to the White House, several media reported, citing administrative sources.
The post of United Nations was still empty because Trump Drew on his own appointment of the representative Elise Stefanik, RN.Y., in the midst of political concerns to keep her seat in the north of the Congress.
The game of musical chairs marks the First reshuffle of major staff From the second Trump administration and comes just after the president marked 100 days back to the White House.
It is actually a Improvement in relation to Trump's first mandateWhen he had already ousted several best aids at this stage.
Waltz, a respected military veteran and former member of the Florida Congress, had been on trembling ground Since he was blamed for adding the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, at the cat set up to discuss a strike of March 14 on the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth Detailed information shared on the attack In real time, an astonishing violation of operational security which could have put the military in danger if a foreign opponent had had access to it.
Although Waltz was on the hot seat, Trump supported it several times after the group cat emerged and said that he did not intend to dismiss him.
Former national security advisor John Bolton said that Waltz's departure from the post of national security advisor is another blow for US global stature inflicted by Trump.
“There are critical national security problems that bubble around the world and Trump's team is again in disarray,” said Bolton.
Hegseth apparently has Avoided the axEven if it was he who really shared sensitive military information on the cat with Goldberg and a host of Trump administration figures.
The former Fox News host would also have shared the attack plans with his wifeBrother and personal lawyer in a separate cat.
In addition, Hegseth was prey to complaints His Mercuriel management style In the Pentagon, with several key aid leaving in acrimonia circumstances.
“Then the Secretary of Defense must not resign or be dismissed immediately,” said Hakeem Jeffries, the chief of the Democrat minority, the minority chief of the Democratic Chamber.
Waltz has long been an aberrant value to Trump's second white house because of his traditional foreign policy opinions, especially on Russia and Iran.
He supported a difficult position forcing the Vladimir Putin of Russia to accept a cease-fire With besieged Ukraine. But Trump hesitated to exert too much pressure on Putin while Russia continues to set up bloody attacks against Ukrainian civilians.
On Iran, Waltz said the Islamic Republic should be forced to give up his nuclear program or cope with possible military strikes by Israel or other administration figures in the United States More flexible approach With Tehran.
Aside from Signalgate, Waltz had also been under pressure for other reasons, in particular to be considered disconnected from some of the Trump supporters.
He was publicly undermined last month when Right -wing activist Laura Loomer brought a list From Waltz aid, she considered insufficiently faithful to an oval office meeting with Trump. The president quickly pulled the employees.
Loomer would not have lost time Dance on Waltz's grave.
“Loomer-Ed”, she sent a text to journalists when the word of his ouster has spread, said Dasha Burns of Politico.
“SCALP,” Loomer tweetedBy taking the credit for the departure of Waltz.
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