Mike Waltz, Trump’s national security advisor, pushed towards the exit – Liberation

Stacked in Confidential Military Information Leaves, Donald Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz is due to leave his post this Thursday, May 1, reports from the American media. According to CBS, his main advisor, Alex Wong, will also leave his duties. The Fox News channel said that the President will communicate shortly on these resignations.

Part of the Trump government, including Mike Waltz and the Minister of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has been struggling since the end of March with A case of information leaks on military strikes On the Yemen Houthis, mistakenly shared on signal messaging with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor -in -chief The Atlantic.

« The Minister of Defense, Pete Hegseth, had sent me the plan of attack » two hours before the strikes begin, including « Precise information on weapons, targets and schedules »explained the journalist for the prestigious magazine. In his article, Goldberg explains that it all started with contact on March 11 from Mike Waltz, via the signal application, very popular with reporters and political leaders because of the confidentiality it promotes.

Two days later, the editor received a message evoking a « coordinationAction against the Houthis, then several other communications. Jeffrey Goldberg explains that 18 people in total participate in this loop. We find there Pèle mixes the vice-president, JD Vance, the chief of diplomacy, Marco Rubio, or the boss of the CIA, John Ratcliffe.

Until March 15, the journalist then sees a series of messages from the highest officials from the US government, also including the Secretaries of Defense and the Treasury. Up to that of Pete Hegseth, March 15, containing details on imminent attacks. The journalist says he had, until the first information on the very real strikes, of « Very strong doubts » on the credibility of this discussion group. He adds: « I couldn’t believe that the President’s national security council would be reckless to the point of including the editor -in -chief The Atlantic»» in such confidential discussions.

Donald Trump had initially reacted by denouncing a « witch hunt » and by calling Jeffrey Goldberg of « twisted ». Before announcing, on April 24, that he would give « Out of curiosity » An interview with the editor -in -chief « In order to see if it is possible for The Atlantic to be honest » and write « A fair article on Trump ».