Whether Waltz was fired for disloyalty or incompetence or philosophical differences, it is absurd for him to be rewarded with a cushy gig like UN ambassador.
By the way, since Mark Halperin reported on the firing hours before either Waltz or Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokeswoman, knew about, I guess we can expect and new round of leak-hunting and polygraphs.
I’m convinced that Waltz was fired from his National Security job because he misled Trump into think that the Russians were ready to buckle to Trump’s demands for a (meaningless) cease fire. Waltz should have known better, like Tulsi (who still has her job), but instead substituted his wishful think for FACTUAL information, which led to Trump’s friend and negotiator going to Russia and looking like a fool.
Not good to play Trump that way.
BS. Signal is fine, the error was in giving access to an unauthorized person.
How many times does this have to be explained on FR?
I would love to play poker with this clown.
Weren’t you the same dude who was flogging the signal story the first time around like a rino in heat?
Why are there phones at all at such meetings? Whenever I had to enter a security area all phones were put in lockers.
Wasn’t the Signal app put on their phones BY the WH security people? No one is going to remove it until someone way up high realizes this is a very big problem & requires it be removed. And maybe shut down the CIA/NSA/etc., at the same time.
It looked like there was a text for Rubio, J.D. Vance and Tusi Gabbard in that list. Does that mean they’re still using it too? I’m not familiar with Signal, only the issue that occurred with Goldberg.
He's going to continue serving in the Trump Administration, at the prerogative of the President of the United States.
Specifically, he's being transferred into an ambassadorship role dependent upon a simple majority confirmation vote by the US Senate.
>> it is absurd for him to be rewarded with a cushy gig like UN ambassador.<<
I think of it as a punishment
Drama queen much?
Actually, he just got promoted.
I have to wonder how any reporter knows what a person looking at his phone, is looking at - unless they’re reading over his shoulder. Big assumptions made here.
What I find interesting is when we did a West Wing tour back in Trump’s first term, they had a box outside the cabinet room for people to put their cell phones in before entering the room.