The national security advisor of the US President, Mike Waltz, will leave his position just over 100 days in the new administration, two people familiar with this matter on Thursday.
51-year-old Waltz was among many officials under fire after it was revealed that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, was incorrectly included in the unclassified signal chat, in which the details of the approaching raids on Houthi in Yemen were discussed.
The deputy Waltz, Alex Wong, is also expected, will also leave, according to people who spoke provided anonymity to discuss the movement of the staff, which has not yet been made public.
Waltz earlier took “full responsibility” for building a message chain, and administrative officials described this episode as a “error”, but one that caused Americans not harm. Waltz claimed that he wasn't sure how Goldberg was in the message chain, and insisted that he did not know the journalist.
Administrative officials, including the CIA director, John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard, director of the National Intelligence, insisted that no classified information would be made available in the chat, even when the defense secretary Pete HegeSeth provided the exact moments of the premiere of the plane and when the bombs drop.
Several Trump administration officials are under fire after incorrectly taking into account the journalist in the chat group in which strike plans were discussed against Houthi's goals in Yemen. Andrew Chang spreads the defense against security officials and why the truth about what happened is difficult to discover. Images provided by Getty Images, Reuters and Canadian Press.
Waltz was on television on Thursday morning, promoting an administrative agreement with Kiive, which would allow the USA To access critical minerals of Ukraine and other natural resources.
“Is HegeSeth now?”
Susan Rice, who served as a national security advisor in Barack Obama's administration, said CBC News at the end of March the episode of signal chat damaged the credibility of the US.
“I mean that everything is amazing and very, very disturbing for Americans, but also for people who trust and rely on us and trusted and have relied on us for decades,” said Rice, also a former US ambassador to the UN, he said Rosemary Barton Live.
“Is HegeSeth now?” Norma Torres published a member of the Democratic Chamber on social media on early Thursday. HegeSeth criticized further criticism for other communication, which seemed not to be safe, as well as questions about nepotism, because apparently his wife and brother were informed in the field of sensitive defense matters.
Trump publicly maintained confidence in HegeSeth.
Democrats expressed disappointment that there were no tips, that the Department of Justice opened an investigation in matters, because officials of both parties in the past were examined for alleged improper information about classified information, including Hillary Clinton for her service E -Maili, while she was the secretary of state.
The Pentagon General Inspector's duties said that the incident would be examined in the Defense Department.
The Trump administration prioritized the Houth Rebelists of Yemen, who began a campaign aimed at disrupting global mail -order routes after October 7, 2023, when Israel began a war in Gaza, resulting from deadly attacks by Hamas.
Waltz, a veteran of the American army, worked in various roles in the Pentagon and served in Congress for six years, representing the district in Florida before he was elected by Trump Some of his foreign policy views did not completely equalize with these Trump.
US Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSth is under the growing pressure of resignation after reports that he has shared sensitive military details regarding the signal of the message application.
In addition to the chat group, more hustlets appeared when a handful of officials of the National Security Council was released at the beginning of last month, shortly after the extreme right -wing activist and ally Trump Laura Loomer raised suspicions of personnel loyalty At an unusual meeting of the White House.
The exemptions included Brian Walsh, intelligence director; Thomas Boodry, senior legislative director; and David Feith, senior technology and national security director, as well as other lower -ranking helpers.
Timothy Haugh, head of the American National Security Agency, has also been released recently.
When the reports began to circulate that Waltz could leave the administration, Loomer seemed to be considered as merit on the social media website X, writing: “Scalp”.
“I hope that the rest of the people who were released but received promotions in NSC as part of Waltz,” wrote Loomer in another post.
Trump's first administration was generally marked with significant turnover, and especially in the role of national security. The term of office of Michael Flynn was even shorter than Waltz, because he was abandoned after distortion over contacts with Russian officials during the previous election campaign. Flynn twice admits to lying FBI after a later indictment, although Trump later pardoned the ally.
HR McMaster, John Bolton and Robert O'Brien also served as a national security advisor in the first Trump administration.