Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak

The stunning revelation that top administration officials accidentally included a reporter in a group chat discussing war plans has prompted speculation inside the White House that national security adviser Mike Waltz may need to be forced out.

Nothing is official yet, and White House officials cautioned that President Donald Trump would ultimately make the decision over the next day or two as he watches coverage of the embarrassing episode.

A senior administration official told POLITICO on Monday afternoon that they are involved in multiple text threads with other administration staffers on what to do with Waltz, following the bombshell report that the top aide inadvertently included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a private chat discussing a military strike on Houthis.

“Half of them are saying he’s never going to survive or shouldn’t survive,” said the official, who like others was granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberation. And two high-level White House aides have floated the idea that Waltz should resign in order to prevent the president from being put in a “bad position.”

“It was reckless not to check who was on the thread. It was reckless to be having that conversation on Signal. You can’t have recklessness as the national security adviser,” the official said.

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