Senators React After Trump Removes Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser

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U.S. Senators from both sides of the aisles reacted after President Donald Trump announced that he is replacing his National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, and nominating him to be Ambassador to the United Nations.

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00:00The Trump security team is a hot mess.

00:04And the one who should go is not the fall guy, Michael Wallace.

00:08It is the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who is responsible.

00:12He should be held accountable. He should be fired right now.

00:17Donald Trump has a history of dismissing people rather quickly

00:21if they don't meet his expectation.

00:23On the case of Mike and Signal Gate and all of that,

00:26it was a pretty big breach. It was a pretty big problem.

00:29And personally, I think he owned up to it, which is noble to begin with,

00:35and took full, quote, responsibility.

00:38That doesn't mean he admitted it was his fault, but he takes full responsibility.

00:42You know, I thought that was very noble, and I'm sad to see him go.

00:46Listen, I think it was appropriate, well, to step down.

00:49I give him credit for acknowledging the huge mistake made

00:54with that very sensitive information that if it gotten out,

00:58we could have lost pilots.

01:00What I would really hope is that Pete Hegseth, who has been so much more inept than Mike Waltz,

01:11I would definitely invite Secretary Hegseth to come down to Norfolk, Virginia,

01:16the home port of the Truman, and explain to the family and friends of those sailors

01:22how having that information that could have been released and could have cost lives,

01:29explain to the family and friends of those sailors how that was appropriate.

01:33He has served his country so well in so many different capacities.

01:38Just really proud of him and his service.

01:40Not surprised, but in the words of the late, great John McCain,

01:43there's more shoes to fall off this centipede.

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