Under the presidency Biden, Jake Sullivan was at the crossroads of all strategic decisions. His successor as a national security advisor, Mike Waltz, did not benefit from the same latitude or the same duration. Three months after entering the White House, he is about to make his accreditation, with his assistant Alex Wong. Donald Trump has spared him an honorable outing: he will become the next American ambassador to the UN, in New York, an institution that the billionaire ignores and despises.
He will be replaced by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a curious cumulation of functions, unprecedented from Henry Kissinger (1973-1975). This cumulation is, of course, a mark of confidence in the former Florida senator, but it also testifies to a marginalization of the State Department, a proof of the promoted, named only in interim, and the eagerness having led to the dismissal of Mike Waltz.
This first major departure within the administration, announced by the American media, Thursday May 1ᵉʳ, hardly constitutes a surprise. Mike Waltz was very weakened since the “signalgate”, this scandal revealed by the review The Atlantic. SThere were editor -in -chief was mistakenly associated with a limited group on private messaging, where the highest administration officials exchanged classified information on American bombing against the Houthis, Yemen. The explanations of Mike Waltz appeared confused about the addition of the journalist by one of his assistants. But it was the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who had communicated the operational details, without being blamed by the president.
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