The National Security Advisor in the White House is a key job for US foreign policy. Donald Trump chose a representative who is known for his tough stance towards China and Ukraine.
According to media reports, Donald Trump wants to fill the important post of national security advisor with Republican MP Mike Waltz. Waltz is known as an advocate of a tough line towards China and called for a rethink on US support for Ukraine in Russia's war of aggression.
Trump offered him the post in the White House, reported the Wall Street Journal and the news channel CNN, among others. Security adviser is a key foreign policy position that is filled without Senate approval. In his first term, Trump had four national security advisers.
Waltz for new Ukraine course
Waltz, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, has been a supporter of the president-elect for years. Last year, in an opinion piece on Fox News, he wrote with a view to the Republican majority in the House of Representatives: “The era of blank checks for Ukraine from Congress is over.”
Among other things, he argued that European countries had to make an even greater contribution. At the same time, he said that the USA had the leverage against Russia to lift restrictions on the use of American weapons supplied to Ukraine.
