The publication notes that, despite Trump's gradual disappointment in his adviser, the fate of Waltz decided a scandal with a leakage of information in the secret chat of the Signal messenger. However, according to the interlocutors, from the very beginning of work in the administration, the Waltz conflict with other officials regarding whether military operations should be taken against Iran.
The problems accumulated over time, and the head of the US President Suzi Wiles felt that he was not suitable for the presidency adviser to the presidential safety, sources noted. Subsequently, this led to a wide discussion of the personnel issue.
Two informed persons told the media that Waltz upset Trump during a visit to Washington, Prime Minister of Israel Beniamin Netanyahu, as he allegedly shared the conviction of the Israeli leader in the need to strike at Iran. Sources suggest that Waltz seemed to actively coordinate with Netanyahu military options against Iran on the eve of the meeting in the oval office. He probably wanted to send US policy in a direction that did not suit the head of the White House, as the United States tried to find a diplomatic decision. This reached Trump, and the president was dissatisfied with this, the interlocutor noted.
After the publication of the WP, the Netanyahu office on the social network X published a statement in which he denied the communication of the Israeli prime minister with Trump's adviser to Iran's national security issues.
“Contrary to the Washington Post, Prime Minister Netanyahu did not have intensive contacts with Mike Waltz in Iran. Prime Minister Netanyahu had a warm meeting with Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff in Blair House in February before the meeting with President Trump in a white house. Mike Waltz also joined vice president [США] Jay Di Wansu at a meeting with the Prime Minister before leaving Washington. Since then, the Prime Minister, a former national security adviser and Steve Witkoff held one telephone conversation that did not touch Iran. We congratulate Mr. Waltz on his important appointment to the UN, ”the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said in a statement.
Mike Waltz also made VP JD Vance in a meeting with PM after the liquidation of Washington. Of course, this is PM, the representative of the National Medical Intellectual Audience, and Steve Witkoff had one telephone envelope, which nothing shares with Iran. We Congratulate Mr. Waltz on his important approach to un
– Prime minister of israel (@israelipm) May 3, 2025
Context
On May 1, the CBS News television channel reported that Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong leave their posts in the White House. The media suggested that the reason for this was the scandal with a leakage of information from the chat in the Signal messenger. Waltz accidentally invited the editor of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg, who later published US military plans for strikes by Husit objects in Yemen. Then Politico wrote that Trump could fire Waltz and that he was furious by him. Despite the assumption of journalists, Trump said that he was not planning to dismiss anyone, and also trusts Waltz and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset, who was also a participant in the secret chat.
After the resignation of Waltz, US Vice President Jay Di Wans said that Trump had not fired Waltz, but transferred to another position, and that this is not the dismissal that the media want to show him.
On May 1, Trump announced that he put forward Waltz to the post of regular representative of the United States at the UN. “Together we will continue the tireless struggle to ensure that America and the world again become safe,” he emphasized. CBS News, citing sources, reported that in addition to the post of US Permanent Representative to the UN UN, they offered to become the US Ambassador, including Saudi Arabia.
