National Security Council Advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong resigned on May 1, after taking responsibility for the infamous Signal chat disaster from March. It’s the first major casualty from the scandal that put a leftist journalist into a sensitive Signal chat stream on the strikes against the Yemeni Houthis. Others may be ousted, which will be announced later. The Trump administration repeatedly stated that no classified information was released.
UPDATE: President Trump nominated Mike Waltz as UN Ambassador and assigned Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill in at the National Security Council in the interim.
Mike Waltz is a decorated Green Beret veteran and former member of Congress. He accepted responsibility for the Signal chat makeup, and Alex Wong was the person who actually added the persons to it. A few other staffers were let go previously, but this may not be the last resignation (at least the Democrats are living in hope). Democrats have been targeting SecDef Pete Hegseth for removal after he continues to use the Signal app for communications.
Fox News confirmed Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, were ousted Thursday. Sources said additional staffers removed from the office will likely be announced, and President Donald Trump is expected to speak publicly about the matter.
Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and critics since March, when the Atlantic magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a firsthand account of getting added to a Signal group chat with top national security leaders, including Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, while they discussed strikes against Yemen terrorists.
Waltz took responsibility for the inclusion of a journalist in the group chat, telling Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, “I take full responsibility. I built the group,” he said. “It’s embarrassing. We’re going to get to the bottom of it.” …Trump confirmed at the time that National Security Council members had been fired, but remarked it was not many individuals. He added that he continued to trust his National Security Council team, remarking that they’ve “done very well” and “had big success with the Houthis.” Fox
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