Trump’s security advisor Waltz gives up posts – Diepresse.com

The national security advisor of US President Donald Trump, Michael Waltzhas to give up his post. The background is the so-called chat group affair, like the TV channels CBS News,, Fox news and CNN reported on Thursday. At the end of March, Waltz had taken responsibility to ensure that military plans in the Measurement Service Signal had accidentally shared with a journalist. As a possible successor, insiders are the US specialist Steve Witkoff traded.

At the invitation of Waltz, US government members had discussed the US military attacking plans at Houthi positions in Yemen with high-ranking government employees in a chat group of the measurement service that is not considered to be neglected. The national security advisor incorrectly added the editor -in -chief of the magazine « The Atlantic », Jeffrey Goldberg, to the chat group. This reported in detail about the case and published the chat protocols. Waltz has overlaps security regulations several times, it said.

Government members exchanged secret information on « Signal »

Experts were amazed that leading government members obviously exchanged secret information on a platform that the government does not control itself. The White House contested that it was secret information.

After the affair became known, Waltz assumed « the full responsibility ». He told Fox News that he himself formed the Signal Group. That was embarrassing. However, he did not know how the journalist’s number of the journalist came into his cell phone and this group.

Democrats demanded resignation from Waltz

The security breakdown triggered shock waves in Washington. The opposition Democrats called for the resignation of Waltz and Defense Minister Hegseth. Both had endangered the security of US military people, the Democrats criticized.

Trump had appointed his national security advisor after his election victory last November. The 51-year-old was formerly an officer to the US elite unit Green Berets. The 51-year-old Republican used to be a member of the state of Florida, and initially worked under President George W. Bush as a consultant in the White House and in the Pentagon. He also worked as a commentator for the broadcaster Fox News. From 2018 he was sitting in the House of Representatives. Waltz is considered a « falcon » in the ranks of the Republicans and as a Russia critic. Like Trump, however, he rejected other Ukraine aid.

Waltz would be the first high-ranking Trump employee who loses his post in the second term of the Republican, who began on January 20, 2025. According to CBS News, Waltz’s deputy Alex Wong must also go. According to Fox News, Trump wants to comment shortly. After the affair became known, the president had spoken of a « slip » and called Waltz a « good man ». After that, however, Minister of Defense came Pete Hegseth increasingly under pressure. The « Washington Post » reported that Trump was angry with Waltz and therefore wanted to replace it.

However, the signal controversy was not the only point of criticism. A person who is familiar with the internal processes in the cabinet said that Waltz was too aggressive for the war -shy Trump and had not effectively coordinated the foreign policy between a large number of authorities. « The system is not running properly under Waltz, » said the insider.

Conversion in the closest environment of Trump

A little more than 100 days after US President Donald Trump took office, it is apparently the first major conversion in his closest environment. It was initially unclear who would take over the consultant post. One possibility is the special envoy Steve Witkoff, it said from insider circles. This was involved in the negotiations on the Ukraine War and the Gaza conflict. At first there were no statements by Waltz itself and the US government. The White House did not immediately confirm the personnel. (APA/AFP/Reuters)