Mike Waltz got involved in a national scandal after a journalist was accidentally included in a conversation about air strikes in Yemen
US President Donald Trump’s national security advisor will leave his position after a scandal in which a journalist was accidentally included in a conversation about air strikes at Yemen, the American press said. Waltz and his assistant, Alex Wong, will leave their posts, said CBS News. According to Fox News, it will make a statement soon about these layoffs.
The former American consisting is the first high employee who leaves the administration in Trump’s second term, who has so far been more stable in terms of personnel than during his first presidency (2017-2021). An White House employee has not confirmed the information because “they don’t want to advance any ads.”
Waltz had been under pressure since The Atlantic’s chief editor revealed in March that it was added due to an error in a signal application chat about the attacks on the Huthis rebels. In the chat, the attack plan was exposed, including times when American war planes would take off to bombar targets in Yemen. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is also involved in the scandal.
“1215: take off the F-18 (first attack group),” wrote Pete Hegseth in this mess group on March 15.
“The terrorist target is in its known zone,” he added.
“1410: More F-18 (2nd attack package) are launched,” writes the Pentagon head at a given moment. “1415: target attack drones (here is when the first bombs will definitely fall).”
Shortly thereafter, Mike Waltz sent information in real time about the consequences of an attack: “collapsed building. He had multiple positive identifications” and “amazing work.”
