JD Vance claims Waltz’ removal from NSA was ‘a promotion’Source: Fox News
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00:00Why was Mike Wallace let go? So he wasn't let go. He is being made ambassador to the United Nations, which of course is a Senate confirmed position. I think he can make a good argument that it's a promotion. But we brought Mike on to do some serious reforms of the National Security Council. He has done that. I like Mike. I think he's a great guy. He's got the trust of both me and the president. But we also thought that he'd make a better U.N. ambassador as we get beyond this stage of the reforms that we've made to the National Security Council. You saw the president announce that Marco Rubio is going to
00:29step in as interim leader of the National Security Council. So I look I think the media wants to frame this as a firing. Donald Trump has fired a lot of people. He doesn't give them Senate confirmed appointments afterwards. What he thinks is that Mike Wallace is going to better serve the administration. Most importantly the American people in that role. And I happen to agree with him.