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President Donald Trump said Sunday that helium plans to name a caller nationalist information advisor successful astir six months, telling reporters the erstwhile advisor, Mike Waltz, did not resign, but was alternatively tapped for an upgraded presumption arsenic the administration’s ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump spoke with reporters connected Air Force One connected Sunday night, wherever helium was asked astir respective topics, including the commercialized deals, Mexican cartels and the nationalist information advisor position.
One newsman asked the president astir Waltz’s exit arsenic the nationalist information advisor, which the president said helium was being selected for what helium called a "higher position," oregon an "upgrade."
Trump besides said Waltz did not marque immoderate mistakes, and, arsenic the ambassador to the UN, helium would bash a bully job.
President Trump spoke to reporters connected Air Force One connected Sunday night. (Pool)
"I didn’t suffer assurance successful him," Trump said. "He’s going to the United Nations for a reason. To me, I deliberation it’s personally, if I had assurance for myself… I’d alternatively person that occupation than the other."
He besides reiterated that Waltz did not resign, but instead, Trump moved him.
"There was nary resignation," the president said.
TRUMP NOMINATES WALTZ FOR HIGH-LEVEL POST AFTER OUSING HIM AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
Michael Waltz attends a gathering betwixt U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful the Oval Office of the White House connected April 7, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Waltz and different National Security Council staffers were ousted from their bureau connected Thursday successful the astir high-profile enforcement bureau exits of the 2nd Trump administration. Trump's announcement connected naming Waltz arsenic U.N. ambassador unfolded conscionable hours aft the quality began circulating.
Trump told reporters Sunday that helium plans to name idiosyncratic to the nationalist information advisor presumption wrong six months, saying determination are a batch of radical who privation the job, which works into Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s – the interim nationalist information advisor – existent responsibilities.
The president was specifically asked if White House lawman main of unit Stephen Miller was being considered for the role.
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks during a property briefing astatine the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
"Stephen Miller astatine the apical of the totem pole? I mean, I deliberation helium benignant of indirectly already has that job… due to the fact that helium has a batch to accidental astir a batch of things," Trump said. "He's a precise valued idiosyncratic successful the administration, Stephen Miller."
The president was besides asked if immoderate commercialized deals would beryllium announced this week, answering that determination could beryllium immoderate coming.
But erstwhile pressed if helium could accidental much astir the deals, Trump held back.
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President Trump announced accrued tariffs connected countries astir the world. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
"Nobody understands," helium said. "We’re negotiating with galore countries. But astatine the extremity of this, I’ll acceptable my ain deals due to the fact that I acceptable the deal. They don’t acceptable the deal. I acceptable the deal."
Trump said helium is gathering with astir each of the countries regarding commercialized deals, including China.
Explaining the process further, Trump said helium volition acceptable the tariff, and a state could hold to it oregon not.
"They don’t person to woody with us, which is ok, due to the fact that we mislaid nether Biden. We’re losing $5 cardinal a day," helium said. "Think of it. $5 cardinal a day. Now we’re not dealing with China astatine each due to the fact that of the tariffs… Because of that, we’re redeeming billions of dollars."
MEXICAN PRESIDENT DECLINES TRUMP'S OFFER OF US TROOPS TO HELP FIGHT DRUG CARTELS
President Trump said helium offered to nonstop U.S. troops to Mexico to combat the cartels. (Reuters)
During the gaggle, a newsman besides asked if it was existent that helium offered to nonstop U.S. troops to Mexico to instrumentality attraction of the cartels.
"It’s existent due to the fact that they should be. They are horrible radical that person been sidesplitting radical near and right," Trump said. "They’ve made a luck successful selling drugs and destroying different people."
He explained that the cartels are liable for importing fentanyl into the U.S., which has killed implicit 300,000 radical this year.
Trump called the cartel members "bad news."
"If Mexico wanted assistance with the cartels, we would beryllium honored to spell successful and bash it," Trump said "I told [Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum] that I would beryllium honored to spell successful and bash it. The cartels are trying to destruct our country. They’re evil."
The connection was yet rejected, which Trump said was due to the fact that Sheinbaum is acrophobic of the cartels, truthful acrophobic that she "can’t adjacent deliberation straight."
Greg Wehner is simply a breaking quality newsman for Fox News Digital.
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