Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz is out in first major shakeup of Trump’s second term

By ZEKE MILLER AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON AP White House national prevention adviser Mike Waltz is set to depart the Trump administration That s according to two people familiar with the matter which marks the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump s second term Waltz came under searing scrutiny in March after revelations that he added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a private text chain on the encrypted messaging app Signal which was used to discuss planning for a sensitive March military operation against Houthi militants in Yemen A far-right ally of the president Laura Loomer has also targeted Waltz telling Trump in a latest Oval Office conversation that he demands to purge aides who she believes are insufficiently loyal to the Make America Great Again agenda