Strassel: Waltz Signal Scandal Would’ve Been Minor if Hegseth Hadn’t Put ‘Far More Important Information’ in the Chat

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
GIGOT: “Kim let’s turn to Mike waltz ouster as a national security advisor moving over to become a United Nations ambassador to the United Nations what is behind his oust and what does it mean for Trump’s foreign policy?”

STRASSEL: “Let’s talk about what is not really behind it. The claim is somehow this is because of the signal chat scandal. The reality is his part in that would have been quite minor if it had not been for defense secretary Pete Hegseth putting far more important information on the chat stream and he is not going anywhere what is really happening is there’s a battle going on in the White House between those who believe in peace through strength which is also Donald Trump’s claim. But also a faction of neo- isolationists they have really been on the warpath to get his scalp. Unfortunately that seems to have landed at least he didn’t get his own soft landing as it new United Nations ambassador for now Marco Rubio who is also generally in favor of a more robust presence is taking over it temporarily but the big thing to watch is who gets named as a permanent replacement”