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Trump's national security advisor Mike Waltz and his MP to leave the posts in the White House



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The national security advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong will leave their posts in the Trump White House, so several sources that are familiar with their departure.

It is expected to leave on Thursday, say sources. The White House did not immediately answer a request for comments. The journalist Mark Halperin initially reported on the departures.

In March Waltz was examined after compiled one Signal chat and incorrectly included the Atlantic Jeffrey GoldbergDisclosure Discussions with top national security officers about plans For a military strike against Houthi goals in Yemen. Goldberg published his account and initially left out operational details, but according to Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director John Ratcliffe, also refused that the strikes and the weapon packages used had also published information.

After Waltz admitted the authenticity of the reporting behind closed doors, the officials of the White House discussed Whether he should step downBut Waltz never made the offer and Mr. Trump didn't ask him to step down at the time. President Trump publicly signaled his support for Waltz by calling him “a good man” who “learned a lesson”.

A source familiar with the situation in the National Security Council said that the president believed that a sufficient time has passed since the signal case that Waltz and Wong's departures can be framed as part of a reorganization. The president has hesitated to displace waltzes about the perception that this could be seen as bending on the outside.

Wong worked in the first Trump government as deputy special officer for North Korea and also as deputy deputy secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When announcing his appointment, Mr. Trump said Wong helped to negotiate his summit with the North Korean leader Kim Jong un.

This is a developing history and is updated.

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