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Trump displaces the national security advisor Mike Waltz

Bernd Debusmann Jr.

BBC News in the White House

Murmins, a Trump post and a surprise – how Waltz's distance took place

US President Donald Trump removed Mike Waltz from his position as a national security advisor and will name him as an ambassador in the United Nations.

In a contribution on social media, Trump thanked Waltz for his work and said he was temporarily replaced by Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who would continue as America's top diplomat.

Waltz had criticized because he incorrectly added a journalist to a chat group in which sensitive military plans were discussed -a political embarrassment that was likely to be seen in confirmation hearings for the UN post.

The former MEP in Florida is the first high -ranking member of the administration to leave the White House in Trump's second term.

“From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in the congress and as my national security advisor, Mike Waltz worked hard to put the interests of our nation in the first place,” Trump wrote in a post about the social affairs of truth.

“I know that he will do the same in his new role.”

In addition to a screenshot of the President's announcement, Waltz published a brief explanation of X.

“I feel very honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation,” he wrote.

According to the US partner CBS News from the BBC, Trump decided to name Waltz as a UN ambassador just a few hours before the announcement on Thursday.

“Well now that you go” – Watching spokeswoman learns Waltz News

Several sources informed the network that it was displaced because of the signal situation and perception in the White House that it was not properly checked, among other things.

But the sources said Trump respected waltz, so that he received a soft landing and a top -class new position.

However, the BBC spoke to several US officials – who wanted to remain anonymous – and they suggested that the Trump government believed that Waltz could have difficulty confirming from the Senate, and the president to get rid of it without having to fire.

Waltz has been examined since he incorrectly recognized the editor-in-chief of Atlantic Magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg in March in March.

Confidential plans for a military strike against Jemens Houthis were discussed in the news chain, the members of which included waltz, rubio and defense minister Pete Hegseth.

On Thursday there was uncertainty on Thursday about the fate of Waltz 'deputy Alex Wong, an experienced foreign policy hand from Trump's first term, which was also in the signal chat.

Wong was asked for the leak on Wednesday during an interview with the newsnight program of the BBC. He said the government was “very successful” to take over the Houthis of Jemens, and “the president led to it”.

Watch: BBC in question Alex Wong after Signal -Chat Contro -Controvers

In March, the legislators questioned some of the other Signal Chat participants for hearings, including the director of the National Secret Service and the director of the CIA.

The position of the UN ambassador is not refilled. Trump withdrew the appointment of his first choice, the New York congress member Elise Stefanik, in the middle of the Republican concerns regarding the preservation of their slim majority in the House of Representatives.

The governor of Minnesota and the former Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz did the national security consultant on Thursday.

He posted on X: “Mike Waltz left the chat.”

Waltz continued to use signal, according to a picture that was recorded on Wednesday by a Reuters photographer at a cabinet session of the White House.

The enlarged picture showed Waltz, which was saved by his phone and a chat with a contact under the name JD Vance, the US Vice President.

The message from the Vance contact was partially: “I have confirmation from my counterpart, it is eliminated. It will be here.”

In an interview with Fox News broadcast on Thursday evening, Vance rejected the proposal that Waltz had been released and said he was actually promoted.

“I like Mike,” said Vance. “I think he is a great guy. He has the trust of me and the president.

“But we also thought that he would do a better UN ambassador if we went beyond this phase.”

Reuters Mike Waltz 'hands holds an iPhone with signal shadowReuters

Reuter's photojournalist Evelyn Hockstein took the photo of Mike Waltz's phone during the cabinet seat on Wednesday

Trump's announcement of the latest role for Rubio seemed to have surprised the officers of the Foreign Ministry.

Rubio will now be the first civil servant who has acted as a secretary for State Secretary and National Security Advisor since Henry Kissinger.

Rubio is also a manager of both the expanded United States Agency for International Development and the National Archives.

Some reports indicate that Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer and personal friend of Trump, who is currently a US special officer in the Middle East, could ultimately replace Waltz.

Another name, which some are advertised as a potential candidate in Washington, is also one of Trump's special representative, Ric Grenell, who has a longer diplomatic record of success.

Trump went through four national security advisors in his first term. The first, Michael Flynn, only served three weeks.

Another, John Bolton, later wrote a non -flattering book about Trump.

Bolton said the BBC on Thursday that Waltz reminds' removal of the “chaos” from Trump's first term.

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