National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Deputy Alex Wong Out at National Security Council - Reports | 1 May 2025 | National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong will be ousted Thursday from their roles at the National Security Council, according to reports. Reports from CBS News, Fox News, and Politico state that Waltz and Wong will be leaving their posts, and that President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is having conversations with National Security Council staff. Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together an encrypted Signal group chat that mistakenly included the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, which inadvertently disclosed discussions with top Trump administration officials about plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen... Politico wrote that the ouster could happen any moment but is not necessarily final.