Trump's national security counselor, Mike Waltz, leaves the White House: “The president has lost his confidence for some time”

President Donald Trump's national security counselor, Mike Waltz, will leave the administration in the coming days, two sources close to the situation told CNN. It would be the first major staff change since Trump's return to the White House in January.

According to the sources, Waltz I was transmitted earlier this week that his mandate at the management of the National Security Council is approaching the end. And his deputy, Alex Wong, will leave the administration, according to another source.

In the place of Waltz is taken into account Steve Witkoff, Trump's real estate and close businessman, notes the quoted source.

Waltz gradually lost his influence in the western wing of the White House, especially after, accidentally, he added a journalist in a discussion group on Signal about military attacks. Although Trump supported at that time, four sources say that his relationships with some of the most influential councilors have deteriorated.

Trump took into account him then, but gave up not to give political opponents a reason for victory and to avoid chaos that marked his first term.

100 days after returning, Trump seems less concerned about the image of instability. Several sources talk about Waltz's departure as a matter of “when, not if”

Waltz's influence inside the administration has been declining for several weeks, which is the clear that Trump's decision to dismiss several employees of the National Security Council, at the insistence of activist Laura Boomer, who convinced that they are not loyal.

On Tuesday, Waltz climbed into the presidential helicopter Marine One with Trump, but did not climb the Air Force One plane, which took off to Michigan ten minutes later. While a White House official claimed that Waltz did not have to travel anyway, other councilors considered the unusual situation.

In the scenes, several officials had already begun, in recent days, to discuss an “elegant outing” for Waltz. Trump has been irritated several times about him, including because of the episode with the Signal app. According to two sources, the president was also dissatisfied with the fact that the elections for the Florida Congressman, left by Waltz, were closer than expected.

The discussions focused both on finding an alternative post for Waltz and identifying a possible replacement.

However, on Thursday, an administration official said that finding a “Line landing” is no longer a priority.

“President Trump has lost his confidence for some time,” he said.

Waltz was by mistake a journalist in the group in which he discussed the plan of a military attack

In March, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the American publication “The Atlantic”, told how it was accidentally included in the group of Signal Messaging Platform, in which the US top officials debated the details against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

In the group, 18 people, including US Vice -President, JD Vance, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, Pentagon's head, Pete Hegseth, the director of the National Intelligence Service, Tulsi Gabbard, and the director of CIA, John Ratclife.

Jeffrey Goldberg says he realized that the group could be a real one when the user with Pete Hegseth's name was informed that the first explosions in Yemen will occur over two hours, a message that would correspond to the reality on the ground.

Brian Hughes, the spokesman of the National Security Council, confirmed the existence of the respective group.