Trump shakes up national security team: Waltz tapped for UN post

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : "I'm deeply honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation," Waltz said in a statement.
68% : State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce was alerted to the personnel shuffle by reporters during a press briefing when Trump announced the moves.
63% : Even though Waltz may be retained if confirmed for the ambassadorship, the departures of Waltz and Wong mark the first major staff shake-up since Trump returned to the White House in January.
61% : But in a surprise move, the president said he wants Waltz to continue in his administration as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. "From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation's Interests first," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
55% : Trump said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would serve as national security adviser on an interim basis while he continues to lead the State Department.
55% : "I was about to show this video of Michael Waltz, and then President Trump walked into the Oval Office," Loomer said, adding that she had kept it on her phone for "many years.
44% : Trump said on May 1 that Waltz was leaving his White House post, confirming a departure that was reported hours earlier amid the continued fallout after Waltz invited a journalist into a messaging chat in which top national security officials discussed plans for Yemen airstrikes.
44% : Loomer, on a podcast hosted by reporter Tara Palmeri, recounted a recent Oval Office visit with Trump, saying she was prepared to show the president footage from his 2016 campaign of Waltz criticizing him for remarks he made about U.S. service members.
37% : Trump previously picked U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, for the UN ambassadorship, but she withdrew her nomination when a series of special elections jeopardized Republicans' slim majority in the House.
35% : WASHINGTON - Mike Waltz is out as President Donald Trump's national security adviser and is instead his new nominee for ambassador to the United Nations in a major shake-up of Trump's national security team.
29% : " Trump publicly stood by Waltz after his national security adviser and other members of the chat vigorously denied they'd shared classified war plans on the publicly available app Signal.
19% : Waltz's reshuffling came after conservative activist Laura Loomer exerted increasing influence on Trump's decision-making, encouraging Trump to fire two senior officials on the National Security Council after a White House visit.
13% : Trump defended Waltz at the start of the controversy, saying that it was a "mistake" and that "he's not getting fired."
11% : Yet Waltz lasted longer than Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser, whom Trump fired in February 2017, 24 days into his first term.
10% : Yet behind the scenes, the embarrassing mishap, which even Trump started referring to as "Signalgate," took a toll on the relationship between Trump and Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida.

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