Waltz out as national security adviser and tapped for UN ambassador

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

83% : "I'm deeply honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation," Waltz wrote on X after Trump's announcement.
62% : Rubio now fills four roles within the administration: secretary of state, national security adviser, national archivist and acting administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
60% : By Kaitlan Collins, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen and A (CNN) -- President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to serve as UN ambassador, after widespread reports that Trump planned to oust him, in the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January.
50% : I know he will do the same in his new role," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
43% : She said she planned to show Trump a 2016 campaign ad in which Waltz criticized him, but before she could play the clip on her phone, Waltz entered the room.
42% : Waltz boarded Marine One with Trump on Tuesday, but when his colleagues boarded Air Force One about 10 minutes later, he instead remained on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.
35% : Multiple people close to Trump said the president does not view the UN ambassador role as a high priority.
33% : While Trump did not think Hegseth exercised good judgment in sharing the Yemen war plan in at least two group chats, according to the people familiar, he believed his Defense secretary should not be dismissed after the administration spent so much political capital to confirm him.
29% : Trump had considered firing him after the incident, but declined to do so because he didn't want to provide his enemies a perceived victory, and he hoped to avoid the type of chaos that colored his first administration.
27% : But while Trump stood by him at the time, Waltz's standing hadn't ever really recovered, according to four sources, and he lost clout with top aides inside the West Wing.
24% : At 100 days into his second term, Trump no longer appears as concerned about the appearance of disorder.
21% : " Trump informed Waltz that he was removing him from his role as national security adviser and nominating him as UN ambassador Thursday morning, a White House official told CNN.
20% : Trump has expressed frustration with him on multiple fronts, including the Signal episode.
17% : Trump also did not move quickly to pick a new person for the role, after Republicans' narrow House majority forced Stefanik to remain in Congress.
17% : "President Trump lost confidence in him a while ago," one source said.
10% : Loomer told CNN Thursday she had previously tried to raise concerns about Waltz directly with Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office, where Loomer was urging the removal of certain national security officials.
3% : Before Trump announced his new plans for Waltz, Democrats on Capitol Hill largely reacted to news of his ouster by saying Trump was going after the wrong national security official.

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