National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
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What changes did President Trump make to his national security team?
President Trump shakes up his national security team as Russia threatens to make Ukraine disappear.
I think the media wants to frame this as a firing. Donald Trump has fired a lot of people. He doesn't give them Senate-confirmed appointments afterward.
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As the Trump administration works to secure trade deals with China and end the war in Ukraine, the president announced a leadership shakeup at the White House.
Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here now with the latest. Hey, Cabot. So 100 days in, we have our first major shakeup on a senior level at the White House. What exactly happened here?
Yeah, a rollercoaster story from the White House on Thursday. In the morning, numerous outlets reported that President Trump was firing his national security advisor, Mike Waltz. But hours later, Trump threw a major curveball, announcing that Waltz would be leaving his role as NSA, but would be nominated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. Writing on Truth Social, the president said, quote, from his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress, and as my national security advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our nation's interests first. I know he'll do the same in his new role. Now, the president had initially tapped Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to serve as UN ambassador, but she withdrew with the White House saying her efforts would be better served in the House, where Republicans hold a slim majority. So now Waltz stepping in.
Yeah, Republicans certainly want to protect that majority in the House. Like you said, it's very slim. Now, exactly what happened with Waltz, do we know?
Well, his nomination to UN ambassador certainly shocked a lot of people, but his removal as national security advisor did seem like it was a long time coming. Remember, Waltz was responsible for accidentally adding Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to that now infamous signal chat. Trump initially stood by him following that scandal, but from what we're hearing after that story broke, the president started asking around with his team for their thoughts on Waltz. That's never a good sign in the White House. The pressure campaign to relieve him reportedly grew as some within the White House started to express concerns that his more hawkish views did not reflect the America First foreign policy, which widely tends to be more dovish.
But the fact he's staying on as UN ambassador shows Donald Trump still views him as a valuable asset. Certainly does. Now, what comes next for the administration's foreign policy? Well, in the short term, Trump announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be stepping in as national security advisor. As far as a long-term replacement, the most likely scenario is that Trump promotes someone from within. Some names that have been floated already include Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, NSC Director of Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, or Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. But playing the prediction game when it comes to Trump is, as we know, a usually fruitless endeavor.
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