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Lemire: Mike Waltz Was Never a Good Fit, He Was Not Seen as MAGA
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MSNBC / MS NOW

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Morning Joe

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Willie Geist
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Name: David Ignatius
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05/02/2025 05:26 am
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LEMIRE He just was ░░░░░░░░ a good fit There ░░░░░░░░ voices like Mike waltz ░░░░░░░░ in Trump s first ░░░░░░░░ In the second term ░░░░░░░░ has little patience for ░░░░░░░░ points of view He ░░░░░░░░ right from the beginning ░░░░░░░░ was not seen as ░░░░░░░░ loyal he was not ░░░░░░░░ as MAGA enough He ░░░░░░░░ indeed too much of ░░░░░░░░ traditional Republican or a ░░░░░░░░ Trump liked him because ░░░░░░░░ thought he d be ░░░░░░░░ strong defender of his ░░░░░░░░ on television He then ░░░░░░░░ like that wasn t ░░░░░░░░ either Waltz was not ░░░░░░░░ a good job on ░░░░░░░░ which matters so much ░░░░░░░░ this president Let s ░░░░░░░░ overlook the Laura Loomer ░░░░░░░░ here where she came ░░░░░░░░ the Oval Office a ░░░░░░░░ weeks ago got some ░░░░░░░░ the Waltz staff fired ░░░░░░░░ planted more seeds of ░░░░░░░░ with Trump about Waltz ░░░░░░░░ SignalGate was sort of ░░░░░░░░ final straw but it ░░░░░░░░ t the only thing ░░░░░░░░ was going on here ░░░░░░░░ fact the administration was ░░░░░░░░ dead set on not ░░░░░░░░ any in their words ░░░░░░░░ scalps to the media ░░░░░░░░ they didn t want ░░░░░░░░ have any immediate firings ░░░░░░░░ himself said I don ░░░░░░░░ want anything to disrupt ░░░░░░░░ we report in that ░░░░░░░░ story for the first ░░░░░░░░ days SCARBOROUGH Well you ░░░░░░░░ that s one of ░░░░░░░░ things that was surprising ░░░░░░░░ I heard the news ░░░░░░░░ said Wait a second ░░░░░░░░ goes against his his ░░░░░░░░ that there s not ░░░░░░░░ turnover And then we ░░░░░░░░ later in the afternoon ░░░░░░░░ he s moving him ░░░░░░░░ what J D Vance ░░░░░░░░ was actually promotion I ░░░░░░░░ just joking during the ░░░░░░░░ I wonder If Jimmy ░░░░░░░░ had tried to sell ░░░░░░░░ to Dr Brzezinski how ░░░░░░░░ would have gone LEMIRE ░░░░░░░░ the vice president said ░░░░░░░░ can make the argument ░░░░░░░░ it s a promotion ░░░░░░░░ might not win that ░░░░░░░░ perhaps SCARBOROUGH Not a ░░░░░░░░ argument LEMIRE But we ░░░░░░░░ should note the calendar ░░░░░░░░ He didn t want ░░░░░░░░ changes the first 100 ░░░░░░░░ Waltz out on day ░░░░░░░░ That was part of ░░░░░░░░ as well.”
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