the scandal in which a group of high positions from the Government of Donald Trump exchanged in a group of Signal messages about the bombings to the Hutis rebels in Yemen, his first victim has been charged. The US President has dismissed his National Security Minister Mike Waltz, creator of the group in the courier application on Thursday, a month after the scandal broke out, according to US media.
This is the first cessation of a high position so far in Trump’s mandate, and Waltz could be replaced by the current special envoy of the White House for negotiations with Russia and on the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, as the CBS television network has pointed out, the first to announce the departure of the National Security Minister.
He Signalgate He came to light when Waltz, when creating a group in Signal, added by mistake the director of the Progressive Magazine The AtlanticJeffrey Goldberg. While the journalist remained in the group, several senior positions, including the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, including the types of aircraft that the United States intended to use and its take -off hours.
When the scandal broke out, President Donald Trump was very annoying private with Waltz’s performance, including the fact that he had a journalist’s mobile number not grateful In the Republican White House, but he chose to wait to relieve his high position to the celebrations for the 100 days of mandate. Trump kept the memory of his first legislature, when the abundance of cessations in his early days generated an image of chaos within his administration. As now, his first departure from that time was his then national security counselor, Michael Flynn. In that case ,.
But in the case of Waltz, the distrust of the former military and ex -congressman for Florida, 51, already existed before the Signalgate. In the internal circles of the Trumpist movement, he was perceived as a neoconservative in favor of interventions abroad, an absolute red line for this administration. Trump, who has selected his team with loyalty and the ability to communicate on television as essential requirements, perceived his counselor as not very effective when transmitting his message on the waves.
In recent weeks, Waltz’s profile had been in the background in the meetings and public events of the administration. In an encounter with Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Store, last week, Trump invited his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, to intervene before the media, but not the National Security Minister. Waltz also did not accompany the president to his meeting of commemoration of the first 100 days of mandate, on Tuesday in Macomb County (Michigan).
In addition to Waltz, ancient 51 -year -old military and who before his entry into the White House had been a congressman for Florida, his number two, Alex Wong, has also been ceased.
