President Donald Trump sacked his national security adviser Mike Waltz because he was plotting with Israel‘s leader to attack Iran, it was claimed last night.
Waltz, 51, was thought to have been fired because he accidentally added a journalist to a Signal chat about plans to attack Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group, causing global embarrassment for the Trump administration.
But last night the Washington Post reported the real reason for Trump’s ire was that Waltz huddled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter’s White House visit in February and ‘appeared to share the Israeli leader’s conviction that the time was ripe to strike Iran,’ according to a source.
Trump was angered that Waltz ‘engaged in intense coordination with Netanyahu about military options against Iran ahead of an Oval Office meeting between the Israeli leader and Trump.’
The source said: ‘Waltz wanted to take US policy in a direction Trump wasn’t comfortable with because the US hadn’t attempted a diplomatic solution.
It got back to Trump and the president wasn’t happy with it. You can’t do that. You work for the president of your country, not the president of another country.’
Waltz, a former Green Beret, was sacked from his position as head of the National Security Council (NSC) on Friday and will now become ambassador to the United Nations, a ‘massive downgrade move to save face’, according to one Trump insider.
President Donald Trump sacked his national security adviser Mike Waltz because he was plotting with Israel’s leader to attack Iran, it was claimed last night
Mr Waltz (pictured), 51, was thought to have been fired because he accidentally added a journalist to a group chat about plans to attack Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group, causing embarrassment for the Trump administration when the news broke in March
A spokesman for Waltz did not respond to a request for comment nor did the White House.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said: ‘The President sets the agenda and it’s up to his administration to implement those policies and everyone was rowing in the same direction which is why he had the most successful first 100 days in history.’
Waltz has been temporarily replaced as head of the NSC by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Trump loyalist.
A Trump insider said Waltz’s ‘days were numbered’ after he accidentally included the editor of The Atlantic in a Signal chat coordinating military bombings in Yemen, a scandal that became known as ‘Signalgate.’
