Trump's Circus Loses Another Clown (UPDATED)

 

Former Republican Congresscritter, SignalGate buffoon, and National "Security" Advisor Michael "Slow" Waltz is going to be spending more time with his family:

National security adviser Mike Waltz is expected to depart from the Trump administration in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January.

Waltz’s job has been in limbo after it was made clear to him earlier this week that his time leading the National Security Council had come to an end, according to a source familiar with the matter. Alex Wong, the deputy national security adviser, and other national security advisers are also expected to depart, per multiple sources familiar with conversations, though timing is unclear.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer and friend of President Donald Trump, is under consideration to replace Waltz as national security adviser, that person said, though no decision has been made. Witkoff has led discussions with Russia and Iran as Trump looks for international deals. [Ed.:  Witkoff is another incompetent tyro, so nothing new here.]

Waltz had been on shaky ground – having lost most of his influence in the West Wing – after he inadvertently added a journalist to a messaging app group chat about highly sensitive military strikes.

Trump had considered firing him after the incident, but declined to do so because he didn’t want to provide his enemies a perceived victory, and he hoped to avoid the type of chaos that colored his first administration... [Ed.:  too late!]

By any measure, the incompetent DUI hire Secretary of Defense "Pancake Pete" Hegseth should have been gone long before now, too, but it's a regime whose leader is the world-class ignorant, moronic, incompetent Malignant Fascist, and blind loyalty is the only qualification for employment.

UPDATE:  To soften the landing and keep him away from his family a little longer, the MF plans to nominate "Slow Waltz" as UN Ambassador.

(Photo:  three stooges, with "Slow" Waltz on the right / via CNN)

Trump Clown Car Accidently Shares War Plans With Reporter

 

News item:

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said national security advisor Michael Waltz inadvertently added him to a group chat with Trump administration officials discussing war strikes in Yemen and other highly sensitive matters of national security.

Goldberg recounted the implausible situation in The Atlantic on Monday, starting from the moment earlier this month Waltz added him to the 18-person group chat on Signal ― something he first assumed was part of an elaborate hoax or disinformation campaign ― to his realization that President Donald Trump’s top national security players were actually tinkering with war plans over a text thread.

In addition to Waltz, officials Goldberg seemingly identified in the group chat included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who he says sent information that our adversaries could have “used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East;” Vice President JD Vance; Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence; and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Goldberg said the situation he was in “became truly bizarre” on March 15, four days after Waltz added him to the conversation. At around 11:44 a.m. ET, Hegseth texted the group “precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing” of U.S. strikes on Yemen set to happen about two hours later. When those strikes took place as planned, Goldberg viewed the text thread as legitimate.

“What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing,” Goldberg wrote.

The Atlantic editor decided to leave the group chat at that point. When he reached out to officials to inquire about the validity of the chat, National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes confirmed to him that the thread was real. Hughes sent the same statement to HuffPost when reached for comment...  (our emphasis)

From now on whenever the names of Michael "Slow" Waltz, DUI hire Defense Secretary Hegseth or any of the other clowns on that group chat pops up, their titles must be for ever more in joke quotes: "National Security" Advisor, "Defense" Secretary, etc.  Elect a clown, something something...

BONUS: Waltz will be the fall guy, according to reports. "Mike Waltz is a fucking idiot." That goes for all of them.

BONUS II:  Then and now --

 

That’s not a concern, now that we’ve spurned all our allies.

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— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) March 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM

 

CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) March 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM

 

(Photo:  "National Security" Advisor Waltz and another clown / Waltz's Twitter feed)