Mike Waltz, former Florida rep, to exit Trump White House. What we know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : There has been no word on whether former Fox host and current Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will be affected by Signalgate.
61% : " The move comes a day after Waltz, along with other cabinet members, publicly praised Trump during a cabinet meeting, saying, "Mr. President, in the last four years, the world experienced a total lack of zero leadership under Biden.
48% : However, Signal is not officially approved for use by elected and appointed public officials in the United States doing government business, experts said.
36% : Trump had publicly backed Waltz and other members of the chat, including embattled Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, after they vigorously denied sharing any classified war plans on the publicly available app Signal.
26% : It is not yet known if Loomer, who has been advising Trump and recently encouraged him to fire two senior officials on the National Security Council, had any involvement in Waltz's departure.
15% : However, he beat Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who Trump fired 24 days into the job during his first term in February 2017.
13% : Anthony Scaramucci, one of Trump's White House communications directors during his first term who famously lasted 11 days before Trump fired him, posted on X that Waltz "lasted 9.2 Scaramuccis.

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