“From his time on the battlefield, in Congress and as my national security advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to prioritize the interests of our nation. I know he will do the same in his new position, ”wrote the Republican leader on his social truth platform.
In this period, he added, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubiowill exercise as national security advisor While “maintains its firm leadership” In his department.
“I deeply honor my service For him President Trump And our great nation, ”Waltz wrote in X after the president’s announcement.
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The role change occurs after the press advanced that Trump He planned to dismiss both Waltz and his attachmentAlex Wong.
The alleged trigger was the scandal baptized as Signalgatewhich was revealed after Waltz It would include, apparently by mistake, the chief editor of The Atlantic magazineJeffrey Goldberg, in a Chat room of the Signal application, where for four days several members of the cabinet talked about the preparations for a military attack made in Yemen on March 15.
In this chat, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, shared sensitive informationincluding objectives, military assets deployed and, two hours in advance, the schedule of an attack against hutis rebels, which could endanger US military.
The own Waltz recognized the error When the case came to light: “I assume all responsibility. I created the group. It is shameful. We will get to the back of the matter, ”he said in the Fox News chain.
However, according to the newspaper Wall Street JournalTrump and high positions of the Executive They were already unhappy with him before that controversy.
High government officials point out that Waltz had been separated from key negotiationsas the search for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Although it was expected that on Tuesday, April 29, Trump accompanied in Mistchigan to the event to commemorate the first 100 days of his second term, he finally did not attend.
Trump had previously nominated as an ambassador to the UN to Republican legislator Elise Stefanik, but backed down at the end of March, referring to the close majority that conservatives They have in the House of Representatives.
Unlike his previous position as National Security Advisor, to exercise as an ambassador Waltz It must be approved by the Senate, where Republicans have the majority.