President Trump is tapping national security adviser Mike Waltz to be his ambassador to the United Nations following reports of his ouster in the midst of a controversy over a group text chat.

Waltz had faced criticism for mistakenly adding a journalist in a Signal group chat where war plans were discussed.

President Donald Trump plans to nominate his national security advisor Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump’s announcement came hours after multiple news reports that Walz would leave his post as national security advisor amid continued controversy over his creation of a Signal messaging app chat thread that was used by Defense Secretary Pete