Trump ousts Waltz as national security adviser and nominates him for UN post

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : "I'm deeply honoured to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation," he wrote.
67% : In a post on social media, Trump thanked Waltz for his work and said he would be temporarily replaced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will continue as America's top diplomat.
63% : Trump went through four national security advisers in his first term.
61% : Rubio is also acting head of both the gutted United States Agency for International Development and the National Archives.
60% : According to the BBC's US partner CBS News, Trump decided to nominate Waltz as UN ambassador just hours before the announcement on Thursday.
55% : But the sources said Trump respects Waltz so he was given a soft landing and a high-profile new post.
50% : The Washington rumour mill suggests Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer and and personal friend of Trump who is currently a US Special Envoy to the Middle East, could ultimately replace Waltz.
46% : " Trump's announcement, meanwhile, of the latest role for Rubio appeared to catch state department officials off guard.
45% : "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," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
31% : Ali Abbas Ahmadi and Bernd Debusmann Jr in Washington - BBC News US President Donald Trump has removed Mike Waltz from his post as national security adviser, and will nominate him as ambassador to the United Nations.
29% : Trump withdrew the nomination of his first pick, New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik, amid Republican concerns about preserving their slender majority in the House of Representatives.
20% : Another, John Bolton, later wrote an unflattering book about Trump.

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