U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz joins U.S. Vice President JD Vance for a visit to the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will nominate his national security advisor Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump’s announcement came hours after multiple news reports that Walz would leave his post as national security advisor amid continued controversy over his creation of a Signal messaging app chat thread that was used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to reveal U.S. military plans.
The president had previously nominated Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., for the U.N. ambassador slot. But Trump withdrew Stefanik’s nomination in late March, citing the very slim majority that Republicans hold in the House of Representatives.
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