Mark Halperin Reports that NSA Mike Waltz and His Deputy, Alex Wong, Are Being Replaced

HALPERIN So this morning ░░░░░░░░ to take you a ░░░░░░░░ bit behind the curtain ░░░░░░░░ was headed into my ░░░░░░░░ to do the program ░░░░░░░░ I got a text ░░░░░░░░ a very nice source ░░░░░░░░ said you want to ░░░░░░░░ me And it turns ░░░░░░░░ that three different people ░░░░░░░░ original source and two ░░░░░░░░ have confirmed that the ░░░░░░░░ now by the White ░░░░░░░░ is to remove the ░░░░░░░░ Security Adviser Mike Waltz ░░░░░░░░ was on Fox News ░░░░░░░░ morning just not that ░░░░░░░░ ago and his deputy ░░░░░░░░ Wong and much of ░░░░░░░░ member current staff team ░░░░░░░░ the National Security Council ░░░░░░░░ of unhappiness throughout the ░░░░░░░░ security establishment of how ░░░░░░░░ re doing The West ░░░░░░░░ s unhappy the State ░░░░░░░░ the Treasury unhappiness And ░░░░░░░░ course this was around ░░░░░░░░ Signalgate It was widely ░░░░░░░░ that Signalgate ironically may ░░░░░░░░ saved Waltz s job ░░░░░░░░ the president didn t ░░░░░░░░ to be seen as ░░░░░░░░ he were giving in ░░░░░░░░ Jeffrey Goldberg his new ░░░░░░░░ friend But there s ░░░░░░░░ of levels of unhappiness ░░░░░░░░ it s less about ░░░░░░░░ than it is about ░░░░░░░░ I understand it from ░░░░░░░░ sources a general belief ░░░░░░░░ it s not being ░░░░░░░░ efficiently in an organized ░░░░░░░░ It may happen as ░░░░░░░░ as today It may ░░░░░░░░ happen ever because it ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump But the ░░░░░░░░ is for it to ░░░░░░░░ soon maybe maybe this ░░░░░░░░ One source says this ░░░░░░░░ We ll see But ░░░░░░░░ original choice to replace ░░░░░░░░ National Security Adviser for ░░░░░░░░ in the government was ░░░░░░░░ guy named Christopher Landau ░░░░░░░░ s currently the deputy ░░░░░░░░ of State He is ░░░░░░░░ to be doing such ░░░░░░░░ good job and is ░░░░░░░░ valuable to Marco Rubio ░░░░░░░░ Rubio says no you ░░░░░░░░ t have my guy ░░░░░░░░ he s got job ░░░░░░░░ because he s doing ░░░░░░░░ Some people have experienced ░░░░░░░░ You know what that ░░░░░░░░ like So Landau I ░░░░░░░░ told will not get ░░░░░░░░ job even though he ░░░░░░░░ very highly thought of ░░░░░░░░ he s so highly ░░░░░░░░ of A candidate that ░░░░░░░░ being discussed who has ░░░░░░░░ at very high levels ░░░░░░░░ the administration is Steve ░░░░░░░░ the president s friend ░░░░░░░░ special envoy to everything ░░░░░░░░ has a lot of ░░░░░░░░ level support but he ░░░░░░░░ has enemies And two ░░░░░░░░ my three sources pointed ░░░░░░░░ to this a New ░░░░░░░░ Post story that ran ░░░░░░░░ A very strange story ░░░░░░░░ up in the New ░░░░░░░░ Post in the middle ░░░░░░░░ the day yesterday savaging ░░░░░░░░ Witkoff with anonymous quotes ░░░░░░░░ he s over his ░░░░░░░░ over his head he ░░░░░░░░ t be leading the ░░░░░░░░ negotiations that other countries ░░░░░░░░ confused by him that ░░░░░░░░ in the government think ░░░░░░░░ s amateurish The story ░░░░░░░░ filled with savage blind ░░░░░░░░ Do we have the ░░░░░░░░ quote Paul I don ░░░░░░░░ know if we do ░░░░░░░░ not There we go ░░░░░░░░ guy but a bumbling ░░░░░░░░ idiot this person said ░░░░░░░░ Witkoff He should not ░░░░░░░░ doing this alone meaning ░░░░░░░░ these deals Now will ░░░░░░░░ critics be more happy ░░░░░░░░ him as head of ░░░░░░░░ NSC Not according to ░░░░░░░░ sources And they believe ░░░░░░░░ some people believe that ░░░░░░░░ reason The Post story ░░░░░░░░ up was because word ░░░░░░░░ beginning to spread that ░░░░░░░░ was out and that ░░░░░░░░ was his likely replacement ░░░░░░░░ speculation is that this ░░░░░░░░ York Post story is ░░░░░░░░ at stopping that.”