Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy to leave posts in White House
- National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is expected to leave his position in the Trump administration amid controversy over a Signal messaging app group that discussed military plans in March.
- Waltz would be the first major official to depart during President Donald Trump's second term since January.
- Waltz assumed "full responsibility" for the situation but claimed he did not know how journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was included in the group.
- Waltz faced internal criticism related to a scandal involving a Signal chat among Trump national security aides.
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Mike Waltz had been struggling since the end of March with the leak of information about military strikes on the Houthists, mistakenly shared on the Signal courier with the editor of "The Atlantic".
This surprise announcement came several weeks after the Signal scandal, when a private discussion between several Donald Trump collaborators had fled.

"Signalgate" was a major embarrassment for Trump – now National Security Advisor Waltz must go. However, this doesn't fit with an important plan.


Mike Waltz Out as National Security Adviser
(Daily Signal)—President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their jobs at the National Security Council, Politico first reported. Waltz is a former Florida congressman and a decorated Green Beret combat veteran. At the end of March, Jeffrey Goldberg, a longtime Trump critic, published a story saying national security adviser Waltz added him to a group chat on March 15 that included Vi…
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