Trump’s
national security adviser Mike Waltz to leave post
Waltz’s
deputy will also be leaving after losing confidence of officials, according to
two people familiar with the matter
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Hugo Lowell
Thu 1 May
2025 16.17 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/trump-mike-waltz-national-security
Donald
Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be
leaving their posts after they lost the confidence of other administration
officials and found themselves without allies at the White House, according to
two people familiar with the matter.
The exit of
Waltz and Wong marked the conclusion of a fraught tenure. In March, Waltz
inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, to a
Signal group chat that shared sensitive information about US missile strikes in
Yemen before they took place.
The
president briefly considered firing Waltz over the episode, but reportedly
decided he was unwilling to give the news media the satisfaction of forcing the
ouster of a top cabinet official weeks into his second term. Trump was also
mollified by an internal review that found Waltz’s error was a mistake.
The furore
over the Signal group chat, if anything, was widely seen to have bought Waltz
and Wong additional time after they had both been on shaky ground for weeks.
That was in large part because of a strained working relationship with Trump’s
chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and other senior officials.
This week,
it was quietly made clear to Waltz and Wong that their time at the national
security council would be coming to an end. Waltz tried to extend his tenure by
attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday but was informed of his removal on
Thursday, one of the people said.
More details
soon …
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