Donald Trump in Sack National Security Adviser Mike Waltz

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President Donald Trump has decided to say goodbye to the Minister of National Security Mike Waltz and his deputy after a scandal on the use of a private messaging application to discuss military plans, according to those who know the subject.

Waltz and Alex Wong, Deputy National Security Advisor, were expected to leave their places on Thursday, according to two people who are aware of the situation. The White House did not respond to a comment request.

His retirement comes one month after Trump fired several National Security Council officials after Laura Loomer, a far -right activist, He told her They were not enough aligned with their “Make America Great Again” movement.

Waltz’s term was precarious after accidentally included the publisher of Atlantic Magazine in a signal chat with the highest officials in which they discussed the details of US strikes in Yemen aimed at Huthi Rebel.

The fury about what was converted Known as “Signalgate” has launched a cloud over the entire Trump National Security team and has surrounded Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsethwho shared sensitive information on the military operation in the chat and separately with the family members.

While Waltz underwent pressure on Signalgate, several people who were known in the situation said that the Maga movement had the goal of the former Green Beret army and the Florida congressman long before the signal scandal was broken.

People close to Trump saw Waltz, a foreign policy hawk, as a “neo -conservative” who was more willing to use north -American power abroad than the president, who says he is against the beginning of wars abroad.

Loomer raised his concern for Waltz at a meeting with Trump last month attended by the Minister of National Security. He also attacked Wong on social media, and also aimed at Ivan Kanapathy, a former hunting pilot who has the most official in China in the NSC.

Loomer seemed to have credit for layoffs, writing “scalp” on social media place x On Thursday.

“Hopefully, the rest of the people who said goodbye, but they were given promotions to the NSC under Waltz, too,” he added.

In another post, he wrote: “Fire Ivan Kanapathy !!!!!!”.

The departure of Waltz, who was first reported by independent journalist Mark Halperin, after just over 100 days echoes Trump’s first term, when four different national security advisers – Mike Flynn, Hr McMaster, John Bolton and Robert O’Brien – each played the role between 2017 and 2021.

As speculation increased on Waltz’s position, Washington’s officials and diplomats have been looking for signs that Trump would replace him with someone who is considered more loyal to the Maga agenda.

It is unclear if Trump has already chosen successors for Waltz and Wong. A person who knew the matter said it seemed to be the main candidates Steve Witkoff, A decades of Trump’s friend who is a special envoy to the Middle East, and Stephen Miller, a white house counselor who has been part of the President’s team since the first term.

Other names that have been mentioned for the paper are O’Brien, who now runs his own consulting firm, and Richard Grenell, who served as Trump’s ambassador in Germany in his first term and is the current presidential envoy to special missions.

Some of the Maga Maga of the Republican Party have defended for Sebastian Gorka, a white house official who is part of Trump’s inner circle. Other framework names include Chris Landau, a vice -secretary of state who served as ambassador in Mexico during Trump’s first term, and Michael Anton, Chief of Policy Planning in the State Department.