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Michael Waltz expected to depart as Trump's national security adviser, sources say

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    60% Medium Right

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Trump publicly defended Waltz in the aftermath of the March Signal mishap, telling NBC News the day after details came to light in an article by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg that Waltz "has learned a lesson and is a good man.
45% : He said Waltz was "fine" despite being "beat up" after accidentally adding Goldberg to the group chat. Trump also said in that interview that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who also came under fire for the Signal fiasco, was "safe." "I think we learned: Maybe dont use Signal, okay?"
40% : " Trump was asked further about Waltz's future by The Atlantic in an April 24 interview.
37% : Sources cautioned the move is not final until Trump announces it.
27% : Trump said about the controversy.
16% : This move comes as President Trump has been increasingly frustrated by Waltz after he came under intense scrutiny for inadvertently adding a reporter to a Signal chat with top Trump officials discussing a U.S. military strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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