Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy to leave posts in White House

CBS news ^ | 5/1/25 | Jennifer Jacobs

[CFW]

National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House, according to multiple sources familiar with their departure.

They are expected to leave Thursday, sources say. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Journalist Mark Halperin first reported the departures.

In March, Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, disclosing discussions with top national security officials about plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. Goldberg published his account, and he initially omitted operational details, but after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe denied any classified information had been shared on the chat, Goldberg published that information, too, which included the timing of the strikes and the weapons packages used.

After Waltz admitted behind closed doors the authenticity of the reporting, White House officials debated whether he should resign, but Waltz never made the offer, and Mr. Trump did not ask him to step down at the time. Publicly, President Trump signaled his support for Waltz by calling him "a good man" who "learned a lesson."

[CFW]

Interesting.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Sad

[ClearCase_guy]

In the first term, Sessions should have been shown the door. I think it’s too early to make a determination about Bondi, but I like the idea that Trump will get rid of people if they screw up.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Something else must have happened no one even discusses the stupid signal chat anymore and besides the commies want hegseth gone so maybe something else happened that forced him to quit