The ousting of national security adviser Mike Waltz triggered a major shake-up in President Trump’s White House team, which is divided between America First-isolationists and traditional Republican hawks.

Trump announced Thursday afternoon that Waltz, a hawkish former congressman, would become his nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expanding his portfolio to include national security adviser in the interim.

Waltz has been targeted by MAGA loyalists inside and outside the administration over an alleged lack of commitment to the president's agenda, and he was at the center of a Signal chat scandal that marked a low point of Trump's first 100 days.

His removal adds to the tumult in Trump's national security teams. It comes a month after multiple top National Security Council officials were fired along with the head of the National Security Agency and as the Pentagon is roiled by a leak investigation and firings among Defense........

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