President Donald Trump will pick Mike Waltz’s replacement as national security adviser in the next six months, he told The Daily Signal.
“We have a lot of people that want the job, I can tell you,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. “I mean, a lot of people say it really works in with what [Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s] doing. But we have a lot of people. I’m going to be naming somebody.”
Trump moved Waltz from national security adviser to his nominee for United Nations ambassador. Rubio assumed the role of national security adviser until Trump can name a permanent replacement.
NBC News reported that there was a very real possibility that Trump keeps Rubio in the national security adviser role for the long term. The president said he will be naming a replacement for Waltz, though he thinks Rubio is well-suited for the role.
“He would do the job…
