Vance Rejects Claims Waltz Was Fired From National Security Post

Trump announced earlier that he was nominating Waltz as U.N. ambassador and that the national security adviser would be stepping down from his post.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington on Feb. 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Vice President JD Vance rejected claims that national security adviser Mike Waltz was ousted from his post due to a March controversy involving leaked national security information.

“He wasn’t let go,” Vance told Fox News’s Brett Baier in an interview that aired on May 1. “He is being made ambassador to the United Nations, which, of course, is a Senate-confirmed position. I think you can make a good argument that it’s a promotion.”