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wickedsdesires -> Trump ousts Waltz as national security adviser and nominates him for UN post (5/1/2025 3:58:16 PM)
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Trump ousts Waltz as national security adviser and nominates him for UN post
Anyone?
US President Donald Trump has removed Mike Waltz from his post as national security adviser, and will nominate him as ambassador to the United Nations.
In a post on social media, Trump thanked Waltz for his work and said he would be temporarily replaced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will continue as America's top diplomat.
Waltz had faced criticism for mistakenly adding a journalist to a chat group where sensitive military plans were discussed - a political embarrassment likely to feature during confirmation hearings for the UN post.
The former Florida congressman is the first senior member of the administration to leave the White House in Trump's second term.
"From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation's Interests first," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
"I know he will do the same in his new role."
Waltz posted a short statement on X, alongside a screenshot of the announcement by the president.
"I'm deeply honoured to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation," he wrote.
Multiple sources told the network he was ousted because of the Signal situation and a perception in the White House that he did not properly vet National Security Council staff, among other reasons.
But the sources said Trump respects Waltz so he was given a soft landing and a high-profile new post.
However, the BBC spoke to several US officials - who wished to remain anonymous - and they suggested the Trump administration believed Waltz might struggle to be confirmed by the Senate, allowing the president to get rid of him completely without having to fire him.
Anyone? Not even the voices in my head are taking this complete fuckjobber nonsense on.
I did think Trump disbanded the UN?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20zw32lpgo
Waltz had continued to use Signal, according to an image captured by a Reuters photojournalist at a White House cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The zoomed-in picture showed Waltz checking his phone and a chat ongoing with a contact saved under the name of JD Vance, who is US vice-president.
The message from the Vance contact read in part: "I have confirmation from my counterpart it's turned off. He is going to be here."
Rubio will now be the first official to serve both as secretary of state and national security adviser since Henry Kissinger half a century ago.
This Rubio?
's been an extraordinary 24 hours in the poisonous relationship between Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio landed some jabs on Mr Trump during Thursday night's debate, and the two of them continued their verbal assaults the next day.
Mr Rubio appeared on morning shows and then at Texas rallies to describe the billionaire businessman as, among other things, a "con-artist" who was hijacking the Republican party.
His rival, who has won three states and is the clear favourite to be the Republican nominee, hit back by calling the senator "low-life".
There were also some unexpected forms of mockery. Here's a selection.
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1. Wearing make-up Mr Trump ridiculed Mr Rubio for applying make-up backstage at the debate, saying it looked like he put it on with a trowel. He even suggested he needs make-up to cover up his ears.
Mr Rubio said he saw Mr Trump applying makeup backstage, as well, because he had a "sweat moustache" he needed to cover up.
Bone Spurs tan hair weave stuff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35674780 I am not reading all of that!
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