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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump moves Mike Waltz from national security adviser to UN ambassador role

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Mike Waltz attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on 24 April. Photograph: Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock

Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts after they lost the confidence of other administration officials and found themselves without allies at the White House, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The exit of Waltz and Wong marked the conclusion of a fraught tenure. In March, Waltz inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, to a Signal group chat that shared sensitive information about US missile strikes in Yemen before they took place.

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