Trump’s National Security Advisor and Deputy Being Pushed Out After Signalgate: Reports

Mike Waltz, the national security advisor who accidentally added the editor of The Atlantic to a Signal chat discussing an attack on Yemen, is being pushed out of his position, according to reports from Fox News and CBS News. Waltz’s deputy, Alex Wong, is also being shown the exit. And curiously, far-right influencer Laura Loomer appears to be taking credit for the ouster. Waltz and Wong “will be leaving their posts,” according to CBS News, though it’s not clear when that might be. If Walz leaves this week, his tenure will be the fifth shortest of any Trump appointee. Trump’s first national security advisor in the president’s first term, Michael Flynn, was ousted after just 24 days after he had reportedly lied about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak. Back in March, Waltz mistakenly added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, to a Signal group chat along with some of the most senior officials in President Donald Trump’s government. ... Read full article.