If you thought President Trump was running out of ways to troll the left, you probably weren’t counting on the ultimate bait-and-switch that is sure to send the Democrats into a collective hissy fit.
On Thursday, we learned that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are out at the National Security Council. Democrats absolutely salivated at the news. Of course, Waltz was never their true target—that’s Pete Hegseth—but, clearly, they saw Waltz’s departure from the National Security Council as a victory, and they felt emboldened by it.
And then Trump nominated Waltz as his new pick for UN ambassador.
“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “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. I know he will do the same in his new role.”
Was it necessary for Waltz to step down as national security advisor? Ehh. Probably not. We know Democrats were out for blood, and by removing him from the National Security Council, Democrats thought they scored a victory. But now that Trump has moved him over to the UN, the Democrats are reeling. All the while, it looks like Trump did at least do something after Signalgate—unlike the Biden White House. Let’s not forget—no one was fired or forced to resign or reassigned after Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, or because of the border crisis.
Meanwhile, Trump managed to solve another headache. He previously had to shelve Elise Stefanik’s nomination for UN ambassador because New York Governor Kathy Hochul was threatening to delay the process of filling her seat—jeopardizing the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House. Instead of Stefanik, we’ll get Waltz. Not a bad trade in the circumstances. In classic Trump fashion, he’s killing two birds with one stone.
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What played out this week was not just classic Trump—it was trolling on a level that left Democrats and the media scratching their heads in disbelief. It’s the kind of move only Trump could pull off, turning a target of a faux scandal into the face America presents to the world at the United Nations.
Trump's nomination of Mike Waltz to the UN ambassador position proves once again that he's playing 4D chess while his opponents are stuck playing checkers. What might Trump do next to troll the left? I have some ideas. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be interim national security advisor, a totally boss move would be for Trump to nominate General Michael Flynn as Waltz’s replacement.
Flynn is a decorated military intelligence expert who was viciously targeted by the deep state before President Trump even took office in 2017. He was railroaded by Obama-era operatives who used the Russia hoax to sabotage Trump, and ultimately forced to resign barely a month into the first Trump administration.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
