On Thursday morning, both liberal and conservative media alike was sent into a frenzy over news that President Trump's National Security Advisor, Mike Walz, was reportedly stepping down from his post.
Axios originally reported that according to Trump administration 'sources', the alleged firing of Walz was in large part due to his treatment of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
According to "Trump administration sources" who spoke with journalists at Axios:
"Mike Waltz has been a dead man walking for the past month, and the outgoing national security adviser started to act like it, Trump administration sources tell Axios."
Marc Caputo and Barak Ravid wrote: "Signalgate" badly damaged Waltz, but it wasn't his only problem. He got on the wrong side of everyone from conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles."
Caputo and Ravid continued, "Waltz didn't work as well with other Cabinet and White House officials as was hoped."
"The former congressman and Green Beret also treated Wiles with a dismissive attitude, two officials said.
"He treated her like staff and didn't realize he's the staff, she's the embodiment of the president," one of them said. "Susie is a deeply loyal person and the disrespect was made all the worse because it was disloyal."
Then came Loomer, the pro-Trump conspiracy theorist and social media influencer who has crusaded against what she claims are "disloyal" people and "neocons" who never should have been hired in Trump 2.0."
Within an hour of Axios sharing the article, President Trump dropped a monstrous post to Truth Social:
"I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first."
Trump continued, "I know he will do the same in his new role. In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor, while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department. Together, we will continue to fight tirelessly to Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Naturally, the President's update on the issue has sent the media into a spiral. It almost feels like "we do a little trolling."
True "White House sources" would have known that Waltz as not getting fired, he was getting switched to another position.
This is a developing story.