The White House National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, is being forced to leave his post, four people who know the matter said Thursday, in the first great jolt of the intimate circle of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, since he assumed the position in January.
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, will also leave his post, two people told Reuters.
Florida’s Republican Leader, 51 -year -old, Waltz faced criticism inside the White House when he was involved in March in a scandal related to a signal chat between high national security advisors of Trump.
It was not clear immediately who will take the relief of Waltz, but one of the sources said that one of the options is Steve Witkoff, a special envoy that has been involved in both the diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East.
The National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
Waltz was blamed for accidentally added to the editor of The Atlantic magazine to a private chat in which details of an imminent bombing campaign in Yemen were described. The publication reported the incident.
In a subsequent meeting of the cabinet with Waltz in the room, Trump expressed his preference to maintain this type of conversations in a safe environment with lead walls, a clear sign of his disgust. However, both he and other members of the White House then expressed their confidence in Waltz.
However, Signal’s controversy was not the only brand against Waltz. A person who knows the internal dynamics of the cabinet said that he is too warmong to Trump and that it is considered that he did not effectively coordinate foreign policy between a variety of agencies, a key role for the national security advisor.
“The system is not working correctly,” under Waltz, said the source, which spoke on condition of anonymity.
The position of national security advisor is very important, but does not require confirmation of the Senate.
With Reuters information.
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