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Raw Story: 'He'll be gone in a couple of weeks': Trump insiders predicting ouster over chat debacle
Raw Story - 'He’ll be gone in a couple of weeks': Trump insiders predicting ouster over chat debacle
Tom Boggioni
March 29, 2025 9:45AM ET
With the furor over top Donald Trump officials participating in a Signal chat room discussing an attack on Yemen with journalist unintentionally invited to listen in not fading, some White House insiders are predicting an ouster is in the works.
According to a report from Politico, on Wednesday White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Vice President J.D. Vance met with Trump in the Oval Office to counsel him on relieving national security adviser Mike Waltz of his duties for including The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffery Goldberg to the participant list as well as his clumsy defense afterward.
While there are calls from Democrats for Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Heghseth for blabbing details about the attack in Yemen on Houthi rebels before it happened, it appears that it is Waltz, a former GOP House member, who is on the hot seat with Trump.
The report notes that at the Wednesday meeting, it was proposed that Waltz be "shown the door" but there are fears among insiders that Trump will look weak for bowing to demands for someone to be fired.
"Despite simmering anger directed at the national security adviser from inside the White House, Waltz still has his job five days after The Atlantic first published its explosive story on the Signal chat. That doesn’t mean he’s safe yet, according to the two people," Politico is reporting before adding, "In fact, the two allies have heard some administration officials are just waiting for the right time to let him go, eager to be free of the newscycle before making changes."
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Tom Boggioni
March 29, 2025 9:45AM ET
With the furor over top Donald Trump officials participating in a Signal chat room discussing an attack on Yemen with journalist unintentionally invited to listen in not fading, some White House insiders are predicting an ouster is in the works.
According to a report from Politico, on Wednesday White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Vice President J.D. Vance met with Trump in the Oval Office to counsel him on relieving national security adviser Mike Waltz of his duties for including The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffery Goldberg to the participant list as well as his clumsy defense afterward.
While there are calls from Democrats for Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Heghseth for blabbing details about the attack in Yemen on Houthi rebels before it happened, it appears that it is Waltz, a former GOP House member, who is on the hot seat with Trump.
The report notes that at the Wednesday meeting, it was proposed that Waltz be "shown the door" but there are fears among insiders that Trump will look weak for bowing to demands for someone to be fired.
"Despite simmering anger directed at the national security adviser from inside the White House, Waltz still has his job five days after The Atlantic first published its explosive story on the Signal chat. That doesn’t mean he’s safe yet, according to the two people," Politico is reporting before adding, "In fact, the two allies have heard some administration officials are just waiting for the right time to let him go, eager to be free of the newscycle before making changes."
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