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Donald Trump used the Secretary of State Marco Rubio to become a temporary advisor to national security after releasing Mike Waltz and his deputy after the scandal on the use of a private application for sending messages to discuss military plans.

Trump announced the removal of Truth Social on Thursday afternoon, saying that Waltz will be nominated for the service of the US ambassador in the UN, maintaining a significant role in the Foreign Administration Policy Team.

“Mike Waltz worked hard to at first glance the interest of our nation. I know that he will do the same in his new role. In the temporary Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be a national security advisor, while continuing his strong leadership in the Department of State,” wrote Trump. “Together we will continue to fight tirelessly for making America and the world, safe again.”

Alex Wong, deputy advisor for national security, was to leave his position on Thursday with Waltz, according to two people with knowledge about the situation.

Their removal appears a month after Trump released several officials of the National Security Council after Laura Loomer, an extremely right -wing activist, He told him They were not sufficiently adapted to his movement “Make America Great Again”.

Waltz’s term of office became uncertain after he accidentally turned on the editor of the Atlantic magazine in signal chat with the highest officials, in which they discussed the details of the upcoming strikes in Yemen in the Houthi rebels.

Fury over what happened Known as a “signal gauze” He threw the cloud over the entire Trump National Security Team and overwhelmed Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSthwhich provided confidential information about military operation in chat and separately with family members.

While Waltz was under the pressure of Signalgate, a few people familiar with the situation said that the Magician movement directed to the former Congressman of Army Green Beret and Florida long before the signal scandal rupture.

People close to Trump perceived Waltz, the hawks of foreign policy, as a “neoconservative”, who was more likely to use American power abroad than the president, who claims that he was against the beginning of the war abroad.

Loomer raised concerns about Waltz at a meeting with Trump last month in which the National Security Advisor participated. She also attacked Wong in social media, and also aimed at Ivan Square, a former fighter pilot who is the best Chinese official in NSC.

Loomer seemed to be considered exemptions, Writing “scalp” on the social media website x on Thursday.

“I hope that the rest of the people who were released but received promotions in NSC as part of Waltz,” she added.

In another post she wrote: “Fire Ivan Sandapathy !!!!!!”

Waltz’s exit, which was first reported by the independent journalist Marek Halperin, after just over 100 days, echoing the first term of Trump, when four different national security advisers – Mike Flynn, HR McMaster, John Bolton and Robert O’Brien – everyone served in the role in 2017-2021.

As the Waltz’s position increased, officials and diplomats in Washington were looking for signs that Trump would replace him with someone who is more loyal to the magician program.

One person familiar with this matter said that the leading candidates to constantly replace Waltz seemed to be Steve Witkoff, Trump’s ten -year -old friend, who is his special envoy in the Middle East, and Stephen Miller, the best White House adviser, who was part of the president’s team from the first term.

Other names that were mentioned about this role are O’Brien, who currently runs his own consulting company, and Richard Grenell, who in the first term served as Ambassador Trump in Germany and is the current presidential envoy of the Special Missions.

Some in the wing of the republican party are in favor of Sebastian Gorka, an official of the White House, who is part of the inner circle of Trump. Other names in the frame are Chris Landau, deputy secretary of state who was the ambassador of Mexico during the first term of Trump, and Michael Anton, head of politics planning in the Department of State.