President Donald Trump reassigned the role of his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, to the position of Ambassador to the United Nations, while tasking Secretary of State Marco Rubio to also serve as the new national security advisor.
One person who had a comment on Waltz was Cook Political Report writer Jessica Taylor, who remarked, "Not a bad consolation prize at all."
The ambassador post must be confirmed by Congress, meaning Waltz will be forced to sit before the Senate and answer questions about the scandals that have been in the news over the past month.
"I don’t think any SignalGate questions will come up at his confirmation hearing!" said Punchbowl News' John Bresnahan.
While few appeared to care much about Waltz, there was some shock and some concern about Rubio.
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"Marco Rubio is now: -Secretary of State -National security adviser -National archivist," said Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney.
Journalist John Harwood responded to a similar post by Burgess Everett, saying, "Which means he's not much of anything."
"Marco Rubio is secretary of state, national security advisor, national archivist, AND YOUR OBGYN," mocked legal analyst Liz Dye on Bluesky.
"This is like being the drummer for Spinal Tap," NBC News reporter Garrett Haake said on MSNBC, speaking from the White House. It's a reference to the mockumentary about the band that is known for having drummers die.
"Rubio as NSA is the strangest thing. Is he also still running USAID and the State Dept.?" asked legal and political analyst Luppe B. Luppen.
"April 1 was last month," complained law school professor Anthony Michael Kreis.
"Several GOP senators said they had no advance notice on Michael Waltz’s ouster until they saw Mark Halperin post," Bresnahan later posted.
Axios reporter Marc Caputo named two takeaways, "1) Waltz stayed loyal and, for all his faults, is still valued by Trump 2) Rubio’s star is ascendant in Trump’s eyes."
"He wears as many hats as Bannon wears shirts," posted Andrew Prokop on X.
"Gig economy," quipped New York Times reporter Astead Herndon.
