Trump starts major reshuffle of National Security Council

  23 January 2025    Read: 369
Trump starts major reshuffle of National Security Council

US President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, started a major reshuffle of the National Security Council, sidelining about 160 of its staffers, The Associated Press reported, citing sources, AzVision.az reports, citing TASS.

The career government employees were told to work from home while the administration reviews staffing, according to the report.

"It is entirely appropriate for Mr. Waltz to ensure NSC personnel are committed to implementing President Trump’s America First agenda to protect our national security and wisely use the tax dollars of America’s working men and women," White House National Security Council Spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement.

The reshuffle, which includes sending employees back to their home agencies, is meant to build a more "efficient, flatter" NSC, one official told the AP. The move largely affects experts who had been on loan to the agency from the State Department, FBI and CIA, whose temporary duty typically lasts one to two years.

According to the AP, the sidelining could hurt the level of professional expertise at the NSC, impacting a disparate set of foreign policy matters, such as the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

 

AzVision.az


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