Vance After Mike Waltz Ouster: “Pete Hegseth Is Safe”

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to serve as UN ambassador, after widespread reports that Trump planned to oust him, in the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January. The president said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would replace Waltz in the prior role on an interim basis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.0	Tonight, musical chairs strikes the White House. Mike Walts is knocked down.
0:22.6	Marco Rubin takes on more.
0:24.6	But Democrats are saying it's actually Pete Hexas who should be facing the music.
0:28.6	Plus, a judge telling Trump, we're not at war, who can't deport the major ruling tonight that could upend his agenda.
0:36.6	And later, what is up with Bill Belichick
0:39.5	and his girlfriend and everyone talking about it? Tonight on Laura Coates Live.
0:48.5	I want to start with a little bit of a flashback. Smack dab in the middle of Signalgate.
0:58.0	I'm not an expert on any of this, but it's just curious, how's the number on your phone?
1:01.4	Well, if you have somebody else's contact and then it, and then somehow it gets sucked in.
1:06.4	It gets sucked in.
1:08.2	Well, now Mike Walt is finding himself getting sucked in to another role.
1:13.5	And Marco Rubio is filling the vacuum.
1:16.1	It's the first big shakeup of Trump 2.0.
1:19.7	And the shuffle came together so quick.
1:22.4	It was CNN that informed the State Department spokesperson of the actual change.
1:28.9	The president has just written on truth social that Mike Walts is going to become the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
1:37.0	Well, there you know.
1:38.4	Fabulous.
1:39.0	And in addition to that, he says that in the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as national
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