The president of the United States, Donald Trump, dismissed on Thursday his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, and appointed the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, as his provisional substitute, in the first important restructuring of the president’s intimate circle since he assumed the position in January.
Trump, in a publication on social networks, announced that he would propose Waltz as the next United States ambassador to the United Nations, adding that “he has worked hard to prioritize the interests of our nation.”
Hours before, Fuentes reported that Trump had decided to force Waltz to leave his post at the White House.
Rubio’s choice by Trump to temporarily replace Waltz will mark the first time from Henry Kissinger in the 1970s that the same person occupies the positions of Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
The attachment of Waltz, Alex Wong, an expert in Asia who was an official of the State Department centered in North Korea in Trump’s first mandate, he will also leave his post, two people aware of the matter told Reuters.
Waltz, a 51 -year -old Republican ex -clerk, faced criticism inside the White House when he was involved in March in a scandal related to a signal chat between Trump’s high national security advisors.
The position of national security advisor is very important, but does not require confirmation of the Senate.
With Reuters information.
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