Out as NSA, Mike Waltz Named New US Envoy to the UN

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday named Mike Waltz, the National Security Advisor, as the new US Ambassador to the United Nations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold dual charge as the interim NSA. This was the first top level change in President Trump’s second term.

“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

“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. I know he will do the same in his new role.”

The position of Ambassador to the UN had fallen vacant after the US administration withdrew the nomination of Elise Stefanik, a member of the House of Representatives, because her presence in the Chamber was needed in view of the Republican Party’s precarious, razor-thin majority.

“In the interim,” the President said, “Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor, while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department.” There was no word on other changes, but news reports have suggested some of Waltz’s hires at the National Security Council are also leaving, such as his Deputy Alex Wong.

Waltz had been on exit watch for weeks over the sharing of military attack plans on the Houthis of Yemen on a group of Trump administration officials on Signal, a messaging app, which he had set up. (IANS)

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