Trump National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his top deputy Alex Wong were fired on Thursday.
President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is reportedly the leading replacement for Mike Waltz.
BREAKING: Trump plans to oust national security adviser Mike Waltz, three sources tell @politico
The leading replacement pick right now is Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, they say. @DashaBurns @felschwartz @politico
— Jake Traylor (@jake__traylor) May 1, 2025
According to RealClearInvestigations reporter Paul Sperry, Trump sis considering replacing Waltz with Keith Kellogg, Robert O’Brien, Michael Anton, Fred Fleitz …
Sperry added: Former Nunes aide Derek Harvey will join NSC staff as “senior director for intelligence.”
DEVELOPING: President Trump is considering the following candidates to replace fired Nat’l Security Adviser Waltz: Keith Kellogg, Robert O’Brien, Michael Anton, Fred Fleitz …developing… former Nunes aide Derek Harvey will join NSC staff as “senior director for intelligence.”
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) May 1, 2025
Paul Sperry said Army Col. Derek Harvey will be named as Sr. Director for Intel amid the latest shakeup.
NSC PURGE: This is what I was told last wk by former Trump NSC official: “[Mike] Waltz will be going. Probably by summer. His deputy [Alex Wong] will be let go first.” New blood includes pro-MAGA ret. Army Col. Derek Harvey who will be named sr. director for intel…developing…
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) May 1, 2025
Fox News reported:
Trump administration National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and other staffers are out at the National Security Council, sources confirmed to Fox News.
Fox News confirmed Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong were purged Thursday.
Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and critics since March, when the Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a firsthand account of getting added to a Signal group chat with top national security leaders, including Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, while they discussed strikes against Yemen terrorists.
Waltz took responsibility for the inclusion of a journalist in the group chat in April, telling Fox News’ Laura Ingraham: “I take full responsibility. I built the group. … It’s embarrassing. We’re going to get to the bottom of it.”
Last month Jeffrey Goldberg, the anti-Trump editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, claimed he was accidentally added to a secure Signal group chat where top Trump administration officials discussed sensitive military operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
Did Mike Waltz’s top deputy Alex Wong add Jeffrey Goldberg to Waltz’s contact list and add him to the Signal group?
A screenshot of the Signal group clearly shows Mike Waltz added Jeffrey Goldberg to the “Houthi PC small group.”
Full Signal text chain has been released.
There’s nothing in it but the pros and cons of striking now vs waiting a month.
It’s not war plans. It’s not classified info.
It’s a conversation, and nice to see cabinet members and staffers hashing out the best way to move forward.… pic.twitter.com/OTNYgHr3VP
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) March 26, 2025
Mike Waltz took full responsibility for what happened since he is the one who created the Signal chat group.
Waltz insists he has never spoken to Jeffrey Goldberg, it appears they might actually know each other.
According to investigative reporter Paul Sperry, Mike Waltz was a source for Jeffrey Goldberg while he was serving on the House Intel Committee.
Per Paul Sperry: Though Waltz insists, “I wasn’t talking to [Goldberg],” a US intel official told me Waltz was a source for Goldberg while on HPSCI. “There’s no need for an investigation to figure out how he was added to the chat.Goldberg was in his address book b/c he’s been talking to him”
NEW: Though Waltz insists, “I wasn’t talking to [Goldberg],” a US intel official told me Waltz was a source for Goldberg while on HPSCI. “There’s no need for an investigation to figure out how he was added to the chat.Goldberg was in his address book b/c he’s been talking to him”
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) March 26, 2025
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