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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".

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This surprise announcement came several weeks after the Signal scandal, when a private discussion between several Donald Trump collaborators had fled.

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

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
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