Vance is Plotting to Get Trump to Fire a Signalgate 'Idiot' (Waltz)
Source: The Daily Beast
Vance is Plotting to Get Trump to Fire a Signalgate ‘Idiot’
The vice-president’s own disagreement with Trump was exposed in the jaw-dropping blunder.
William Vaillancourt
Updated Mar. 29 2025 9:17AM EDT
Published Mar. 29 2025 12:00AM EDT
Vice President JD Vance suggested to Donald Trump on Wednesday that he should fire National Security Adviser Mike Waltz—the man White House insider dubbed “an idiot” for Signalgate.
Vance, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and head of personnel Sergio Gor all pushed Trump to get rid of the one-time Florida congressman who added the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat which spilled the secrets of a bombing plan in advance, Politico reported.
According to the outlet, which cited two people familiar with the conversations, Trump agreed that Waltz had made a mistake. He wouldn’t fire him, though, because he didn’t want to give his political opponents a “win.”
“They don’t want to give the press a scalp,” one White House ally said.
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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/vance-and-others-are-reportedly-pushing-trump-to-fire-waltz/
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/vance-reportedly-pushing-trump-waltz-040004702.html
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Meanwhile, Scaramucci predicts that Rump will turn on Vance instead.
Only one problem: the Constitution says that Rump can't fire his VP.
Former White House Aide Predicts Trump Will Sack Vance (The Daily Beast)
Two months in, and we already have a power struggle.