Thursday, May 1, 2025

Fallguy for Signalgate gets consolation prize

Mike Waltz is out as President Donald Trump's national security adviser and is instead his new nominee for ambassador to the United Nations in a major shake-up of Trump's national security team.

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The position requires Senate confirmation.

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Trump previously picked U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, for the UN ambassadorship, but she withdrew her nomination when a series of special elections jeopardized Republicans' slim majority in the House.

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Yet behind the scenes, the embarrassing mishap, which even Trump started referring to as "Signalgate," took a toll on the relationship between Trump and Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida.

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Trump said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would serve as national security adviser on an interim basis while he continues to lead the State Department.

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Rubio is also serving as acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, after Trump gutted the agency, as well as acting archivist of the United States.

  USA Today
Four jobs at once. Are any of them getting the time they require?

Waltz' deputy, Alex Wong, is out. SOL, I guess.  It was only a matter of time before Trump started firing people.  101 (or is it 102?) days.

UPDATE 06:51 pm:

Maybe this is why he got fired.





UPDATE 05/03/2025:   He switched from Signal.


Jesus Christ.

UPDATE 05/04/2025:



UPDATE 05/05/2025:



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