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When disruption is a theme
Linda Feldmann
Washington Bureau Chief
Intentional disruption has been a theme of President Donald Trump’s second term, be it via Elon Musk’s DOGE team or tariffs or deportations. But on Thursday morning, the news that national security adviser Michael Waltz and his deputy were being “ousted” sent a shock wave through Washington. As in Trump 1.0, when national security adviser Michael Flynn lasted just 22 days, the sense of unwelcome disruption was palpable.
Later in the afternoon, President Trump announced that he was nominating Mr. Waltz for United Nations ambassador, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio filling in as national security adviser. The Monitor’s global security correspondent, Anna Mulrine Grobe, unpacks it all.
