Mike Waltz Loses Job, Gets A New One

麦克·沃尔茨失去工作,获得了一份新工作。

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2025-05-02

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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on Thursday became the first major ouster of President Donald Trump’s second term… kind of. Rumors of Waltz’s imminent firing swirled in the morning, only for Trump to later announce he plans to nominate Waltz to be the next ambassador to the United Nations. Waltz had reportedly been on thin ice with the White House for weeks now, after he included the editor in chief of The Atlantic in a Signal group chat where imminent military plans were discussed among some of the most senior members of the administration. Jake Traylor, White House reporter for Politico, joins us to explain Waltz’s ouster as NSA and the possibility of other “transitions” within Trump’s Cabinet. And in headlines: Former Vice-President Kamala Harris gave her first major public address since leaving office, the Department of Justice sued Hawaii and Michigan over their plans to sue fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change, and a federal judge barred the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans in South Texas. Show Notes: Check out Jake's work – https://www.politico.com/staff/jake-traylorSubscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It is Friday, May 2nd.

  • I'm Josie Duffy Rice, in for Jane Koston, and this is What A Day,

  • the show that can't stop laughing at the fact that the man Trump wants to write it as Little Marco is now running half the government.

  • Good for you, Little Marco.

  • Get a pay raise.

  • Don't be shy.

  • On today's show,

  • the Department of Justice preemptively sues states before the states can sue fossil fuel companies.

  • Yes, you heard that correctly.

  • And former President Joe Biden announces his first daytime talk show appearance

  • since leaving the White House.

  • But let's start with the administration's national security shakeup.

  • On Thursday,

  • President Donald Trump announced that he was ousting National Security Advisor Mike Waltz weeks after Waltz accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat.

  • For those who may have forgotten, in March, Waltz included Jeffrey Goldberg,

  • editor-in-chief of The Atlantic,

  • in a confidential chat discussing details about a military operation in Yemen.

  • He later claimed that Goldberg's contact was, quote, sucked in to his phone.

  • After that, Waltz's future in the administration was clearly uncertain,

  • but Trump denied that he was planning on firing Waltz for the gaffe.