This is a breaking news alert….
War Hawk Mike Waltz and his top deputy Alex Wong are out and no longer working for the President of the United States.
See this breaking alert from Fox News:
#BREAKING: National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong are OUT, per FOX
pic.twitter.com/P719eQwtvS— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 1, 2025
The departure stems from fallout over “SignalGate” as well as potentially not aligning with President Trump’s desire to end existing wars.
Here is Waltz giving a very nonsensical answer to Laura Ingraham over how he added Jeffrey Goldberg to that SignalChat.
Laura isn’t buying anything Waltz is trying to sell here and neither do I:
Mike Waltz was a neocon who lied about Jeffrey Goldberg’s contact information being “sucked in” to his Signal chat. pic.twitter.com/2YEkWIUYv8
— TransOdius (@TransOdius) May 1, 2025
While it was widely known that Waltz was on thin ice, the departures came like a thief in the night, or perhaps make that a thief in the morning.
He was on Fox and Friends this morning at 8:20 a.m. only to be gone mere hours later:
Mike Waltz was just on Fox and Friends at 8:20 a.m. this morning touting the success of the rare earth deal with Ukraine pic.twitter.com/TXtXYemHvQ
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) May 1, 2025
The AP added these details:
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is set to depart the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter on Thursday, marking the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Waltz came under searing scrutiny in March after revelations that he added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a private text chain on the encrypted messaging app Signal, which was used to discuss planning for a sensitive March 15 military operation against Houthi militants in Yemen. A far-right ally of the president, Laura Loomer, has also targeted Waltz, telling Trump in a recent Oval Office conversation that he needs to purge aides who she believes are insufficiently loyal to the “Make America Great Again” agenda.
Waltz’s deputy, Alex Wong, is also expected to depart, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel move not yet made public. The National Security Council did not respond do a request for comment.
Waltz, who served in the House representing Florida for three terms before his elevation to the White House, is the most prominent senior administration official to depart since Trump returned to the White House. In his second term, the Republican president had been looking to avoid the tumult of his first four years in office, during which he cycled through four national security advisers, four White House chiefs of staff and two secretaries of state.
When I call him a “War Hawk” I think this next clip will show you exactly what I mean.
Are these the people we really want in President Trump’s ear?
More War Hawk Neocons?
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his Chinese deputy, NSC Advisor Alex Wong, have “resigned” from the Trump administration.
Waltz, known for his aggressive stance on Iran, had reportedly pushed for military action—potentially even bombing the country in defense of Israel. pic.twitter.com/4jwkPT3TCR
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) May 1, 2025
That’s a big no-thank you from me.
Not that I don’t support Israel, I do. I just don’t support endless wars and killing. I’m tired of it.
George W. Bush conned me into thinking we had to fight the whole Middle East, but I’ve woken up now and that has most clearly failed.
It needs to stop.
People are already posting who they want to fill the opening:
Since Mike Waltz appears to be out…I have a suggestion pic.twitter.com/5hOfAMJQBe
— Jason Robertson (@JRobFromMN) May 1, 2025
And:
The only option to replace Mike Waltz as NSA is America First MAGA die hard @RichardGrenell!!! pic.twitter.com/21x2xoybaZ
— David Leatherwood
(@brokebackUSA) May 1, 2025
More here, from NoahReport:
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Deputy NSC Advisor Alex Wong are leaving the Trump administration.
BREAKING: National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Deputy NSC advisor Alex Wong are leaving their positions at the Trump administration, according to Fox News.
Walz came under scrutiny in March after he mistakenly added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat where top… pic.twitter.com/azNXwE7Qjh
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) May 1, 2025
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.”
A replacement has reportedly been talked about for weeks.
Names for a replacement have been discussed around the West Wing for weeks, but the plans to remove Waltz potentially as soon as this week gained steam in recent days, according to two of the people and another person close to the White House.
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