Top Trump security officer replaces after the chat group scandal

The editor -in -chief of The Atlantic The magazine revealed that Waltz incorrectly added him to a group chat about US strikes on the Houthi rebels from Yemen on the Commercial Messaging app.

“I feel very honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation,” said Waltz in a post on X.

Trump had repeatedly offered his public support, but behind the scenes Waltz lost his confidence because of signal gate, while due to his Hawkian attitude towards Russia and Iran, there were also tensions with other officials.

His attitude increasingly contradicted Trump's pivot point towards Moscow when Washington pushed to Ukraine to achieve a quick ceasefire, and when Trump reopened the negotiations with Iran on his nuclear program.

In the end, Waltz took a little more than 100 days of Trump's second term, which was more stable than his first in terms of staff.

The Democrats will now turn up the heat of Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, who unveiled the times of fighter planes that start in the same signal chat for Yemen.

Hegseth was also reported that he had shared these details in a separate signal group chain to which his wife belonged.

“Now make Hegseth,” said Chuck Schumer, the Democrat of the Upper Senate, on X.

'Scalp'

So far, Trump has Hegseth, a former Fox Newsmith who had a rocky Rocky in the first few months in the Pentagon and showed the signal scandal as a “witch hunt”.

The new role of Waltz requires confirmation from the Senate to ensure that signal gate remains in the headlines.

There was no immediate confirmation of the US media reports that Waltz 'deputy Alex Wong would also leave the National Security Council.

The US media had reported that Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate that Trump chose to conduct the US talks with Russia and Iran to replace waltzes in the long term.

Waltz belonged to several employees of the White House, who aimed at the right -wing influencer and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who met Trump to request cleaning.

Loomer, who is known for the fact that the attacks on September 11, 2001 were an insider job, is said to have successfully pushed the discharge of several high -ranking US security officers, which they considered Trump to be infidelty.

After the news of Waltz 'distance was reported, Loomer seemed to be recognized in a post on X in which he said: “Scalp”.

Waltz showed no signs that he knew about his upcoming departure in Fox News on Wednesday in Fox News and hired the new US mineral contract with Ukraine.

He was also present at a cabinet meeting on television on Wednesday, in which he and other high -ranking officials had praised the president.

In the past, the role of the national security advisor was led by some of the best-known officials in US history, including Henry Kissinger.

-Agence France press