Trump sacks security chief after Signal message fiasco

And then nominates him to be US ambassador to the UN

- RHIAN LUBIN ANDREW FEINBERG

President Donald Trump has tapped Mike Waltz to be the US ambassador to the United Nations after ousting him as national security adviser.

The shake-up comes just weeks after the Signalgate scandal, where Mr Waltz inadvertently added a journalist from The

Atlantic into a chat discussing war plans in Yemen.

Mr Trump announced the move in a post on Truth Social yesterday afternoon after reports of Mr Waltz’s departure broke.

“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations,” Trump said in the post. “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 president added that secretary of state Marco Rubio will pick up Mr Waltz’s former role in the interim, while continuing to head up the State Department. The ambassador role requires Senate confirmation.