The president of the United States, Donald Trumphas announced that the current National Security Advisor, Mike Waltzwill be next Ambassador to the UNand will yield their current responsibilities to the Secretary of State, Marco Rubiowhich will provisionally compatible both functions, in the first great dance of positions of the current American government.
Waltz leaves the administration after it was allegedly relegated within the president’s core of the president after Including by mistake a journalist from the ‘The Atlantic’ magazine in a chat in which the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegsethunveiled attacks against rebels in Yemen.
Trump then came out in defense of Waltz, but has finally chosen to entrust him a new task away from the hard nucleus. This Thursday, he has avoided naming him in a speech in the gardens of the White House in which he has directly alluded to other members of his government, including Hegseth, whom he has congratulated for his “fantastic” work.
Shortly after, he has announced his appointment as an ambassador to the UN in his social Truth account, with a message in which the president has indicated that his former advisor “has worked hard” in defense of national interests. “I know he will continue to do the same in his new role”he has proclaimed.
Waltz has responded to the change in its social network X account, with a brief message. “I am deeply honored to continue serving President Trump and our great nation”he has limited himself to saying, also sharing the text previously published by the White House tenant.
The United Nations position remained vacant since Trump withdraw the designation of Elise Stefanikafter considering that his departure from the House of Representatives could imply a problem for the Republican Party to keep its meager majority.
For its part, Rubio expands competitions, although Trump has clarified what will be in a “interim way”. “He will exercise as National Security Advisor while maintaining his strong leadership in the State Department,” said the president in the message.
The spokeswoman of the department, Tammy BruceGo to Rubio “very involved and energetic”, capable of making the two positions compatible. “I would never have accepted if I thought it can’t do it”Bruce said, during an appearance in which he has stressed that Rubio and Trump “work well together.”
