Mike Waltz and his main advisor Alex Wong will no longer work in the White House, reports the American media this Thursday, May 1.
Their departure sounds like a consequence of the scandal that broke out last month, when a journalist was added by mistake to a group of confidential discussion on American strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
His departure is imminent. Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s national security advisor, has to leave the functions they have held since the billionaire’s second term. The fault of a scandal linked to the flight of confidential military information that has shaken the Trump administration for weeks.
It was he who had invited the journalist by mistaken The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg (new window) In a group discussing American strikes against Houthis at Yemen on the signal application in March. According to CBS News (new window)his main advisor Alex Wong will also say goodbye to the White House. Fox News indicates that the US President will shortly communicate on these resignations.
A first referral to the new Trump administration
Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, who was also in this Signal group, is the subject of an internal investigation in the Pentagon. This messaging is encrypted but is considered less safe than the official channels usually used for sensitive data. This important security flaw had caused an uproar and shaken the American political class, even if the republican camp had tried to minimize the case and that Donald Trump had seemed protected his advisor.
In the United States, the national security adviser of the White House plays a major role in the definition of foreign policy, parallel to the Secretary of State. Mike Waltz was an elected representative of Florida before being appointed to this ultra-strategic position. He will be the first high -ranking manager of Donald Trump’s second term to leave his duties.
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