Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz, his deputy to step down amid Signal chat leak fiasco
US President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Micheal Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong will be stepping down from their posts. Reports said that they are expected to leave the White House posts on Thursday.
Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida has served as Trump's principal national security adviser since January.
Lately, Waltz faced several criticisms and caught himself in controversy after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, disclosing the top national security plans for the military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen.
The text group also included Vice President J.D. Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and others.
The timing of the strikes and the weapons packages used were also included in the leaked classified conversation. The incident drew backlash from senior officials and fueled internal concerns on security within Trump's national security.
After the 'leakage' of classified information, there was immense pressure on Waltz from the White House top officials to step down from the post. However, Trump has supported Waltz publically and has not asked for a formal resignation.
Wong served in the first Trump administration as deputy special representative for North Korea and also as deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the State Department.
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