The White House National Security Council, which played an important role in determining Washington's foreign policy course, has fallen into the background after the resignation of US National Security Advisor Mike Walz and the interim appointment of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to this post, writes Bloomberg Agency.
According to the authors of the article, US leader Donald Trump has made it clear that the position of national security advisor will not have the same importance in his administration. Even before Walz left his post, Trump was reducing the staff and influence of the department. While under the previous Biden administration, the national security adviser was one of the president's most influential officials and confidants, Trump instead relies on "his own instincts and a small circle of loyal associates" such as his special envoy Stephen Witkoff, the article states. According to the US leader's inner circle, the National Security Council has become too large under previous presidents and is long overdue for a fix.
On May 1, Trump announced that his national security adviser, Mike Walz, would be appointed as the US permanent representative to the United Nations. The US leader subsequently announced that he intended to nominate a candidate to replace Walz within six months. Currently, Secretary of State Marco Rubio combines the leadership of the State Department with the functions of national security adviser to the US leader. According to a number of US media outlets, the main candidate for this position is considered to be White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.