President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (1st) the appointment of Mike Waltz to serve as UN ambassador to the UN.
In this way, Waltz leaves the position of National Security Counselor. The post will be occupied interim by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who will accumulate both functions temporarily.
“Mike Waltz worked hard to put our nation’s interests first. I know he will do the same in his new position,” Trump wrote in a social truth.
“Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will act as National Security Counselor, maintaining his strong leadership in the State Department,” continued Trump.
Earlier today, the CNN He reported that Waltz should leave the position of National Security Counselor in the coming days, according to sources. This is the first major team reformulation since the president took office in January.
Waltz’s position had been suspended since he was made clear earlier this week that his term at the head of the National Security Council had come to an end, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Waltz was on unstable terrain as he lost much of his influence on the West White House, after he unintentionally added a journalist to a chat group in a messaging application that discussed military attacks on Yemen.
Alex Wong, the Deputy Conderer of National Security, and other national security counselors should also leave office, according to several sources familiar with the conversations, although the moment is not clear.
Accumulation of positions by Marco Rubio
This is not the first time Rubio has suddenly invited to fill a place in the Trump administration. In February, Trump dismissed the National Archivist Colleen Shogan, later appointing Rubio to occupy the position.
In the same month, Trump appointed Rubio as an interim administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – an agency that he is about to close as part of the government’s efforts to reduce spending.
In the past, Henry Kissinger has accumulated the positions of Secretary of State and National Security Counselor in the government of former President Richard Nixon.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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