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The former Republican was done in by the Signalgate scandal, although White House officials were insisting as recently as Wednesday that Waltz was fine.

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Mike Waltz is out as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. The former Republican was done in by the Signalgate scandal, although White House officials were insisting as recently as Wednesday that Waltz was fine.

Alex Wong, Waltz’s deputy, was also fired, per CBS News.

Waltz — a former Army Special Forces officer — gave up a very safe House seat to join Trump’s administration in January.

But Signalgate — when Waltz mistakenly added the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat that included top administration officials — damaged him severely.

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