Mike Waltz, the former Florida congressman who ascended to be President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, is expected to resign, potentially becoming the first Cabinet official to fall in this administration.
An administration official confirmed Waltz’s likely departure but cautioned in a text, “nothing final until Potus announces.” Vice President JD Vance ignored a question about Waltz as he deplaned in South Carolina.
The 51-year-old Waltz became most prominently known for adding a journalist to a Signal text thread of high-level Trump administration officials discussing imminent strikes on the Houthis, a Yemen-based military movement. The March snafu embroiled the administration in controversy for several weeks.
Journalist Mark Halperin of 2Way, who first broke the news of Waltz’s pending exit, said Waltz’s downfall was brought on by deep dissatisfaction throughout the administration with his performance.
“The West Wing’s unhappy, the State Department, Treasury... unhappiness,” Halperin reported on his daily morning news program. “It’s less about Signalgate than it is about ... a general belief that the [NSC] is not being run efficiently in an organized way.”
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Just last week, Trump described Waltz as wounded during an interview with The Atlantic.
“Waltz is fine. I mean, he’s here. He just left this office. He’s fine. He was beat up also,” the president told the magazine.
A decorated former Army Green Beret, Waltz was tapped by Trump for his foreign policy credentials and deep experience in military and intelligence affairs.
Early in his term, Waltz accompanied Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Saudi Arabia to discuss Ukraine peace efforts, played a key role in ending a waiver allowing Iraq to buy Iranian electricity and publicly rejected the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO. He also prioritized strengthening ties with India and advocated for a more assertive U.S. stance on China and the southern border.
However, his position also required balancing his traditional conservative foreign policy worldview with Trump’s more transactional America First dogma, leading to internal skepticism about Waltz from both the Washington national security establishment and Trump loyalists.
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