National Security Advisor Michael Waltz looks at his phone as he prepares for a TV interview at the White House on May 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. This week marks the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term.
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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is expected to leave his post in the Trump administration on the heels of controversy over creation of a Signal messaging app group that was used to discuss U.S. military plans in March, according to multiple media reports on Thursday.
CNBC has not independently confirmed those reports.
Waltz was conspicuously absent from a White House event marking the National Day of Prayer on Thursday.
The Signal group inadvertently included The Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg, who reported details of messages exchanged between high-level Trump administration officials.
The group’s other members were Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, CIA Director Scott Ratcliff, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Goldberg reported that the texts ended with Hegseth on March 15 detailing plans that “included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing” of attacks on Houthi forces in Yemen, which were launched within hours of those texts.
Waltz would be the first major official to leave the White House since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term in January.
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