Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) resigned from the Home on Monday morning, as he prepares to affix President-elect Trump’s Cupboard as nationwide safety adviser.
Waltz’s resignation was learn on the Home ground simply over an hour earlier than Trump was scheduled to be sworn in, formally bringing the breakdown within the Home to 218 Republicans and 215 Democrats.
The place of nationwide safety adviser will not be topic to Senate affirmation, making Waltz a part of the Cupboard as quickly as Trump takes workplace.
Trump introduced Waltz’s appointment on Nov. 11. He had served within the Home since 2019, representing Florida’s sixth congressional district as a member of the Home Armed Providers, Overseas Affairs and Intelligence committees.
Trump has known as Waltz an “expert on the threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and global terrorism,” in addition to a“champion of my America First Foreign Policy agenda and will be a tremendous champion of our pursuit of peace through strength.”
Waltz has constantly taken a hawkish place in the direction of China, backed Israel’s conflict on Hamas, and expressed concern that President Biden’s technique in Ukraine dangers escalation with Russia. He has additionally mentioned Greenland, which Trump has expressed curiosity in buying, is vital for nationwide safety.
“This is about critical minerals,” Waltz mentioned in an interview earlier this month. “This is about natural resources. This is about, as the polar ice caps pull back, the Chinese are now cranking out icebreakers and pushing up there as well. So, it’s oil and gas. It’s our national security. It’s critical minerals.”
On CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday, Waltz mentioned the president-elect goes to have a “Reagan moment” as he returns to the presidency amid the early phases of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
“Now, we’re going to have a Reagan moment,” Waltz mentioned, referencing the 1979 Iranian hostage disaster. “We are going to have President Trump being sworn in as hostages are coming out alive.”
“And that’s something we all should celebrate,” he added.
