Several studies citing sources claimed that US President-elect Donald Trump chose Florida official Mike Waltz as his national security director on Monday.
Waltz, a former Army Green Beret, has established himself as a popular critique of China.
Waltz, a former National Guard commander and a Trump supporter, has expressed concern about Chinese activities in the Asia-Pacific area and stressed the importance of British planning for potential regional conflicts.
The position of national security adviser, which does n’t require Senate approval, carries significant influence. In this part, Waltz may brief Trump on important regional security matters and help inter-agency coordination.
Waltz has explicitly supported Trump’s foreign policy view whilst criticising the Biden administration’s 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. He continued,” Disruptors are frequently not good, and a lot of people who have been dug into poor old habits at the Pentagon require disruption,” adding that Donald Trump is one of those disruptors.
His experience in Washington includes working for Robert Gates and Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense coverage. He was elected to Congress in 2018, serves on the intelligence select committee, and sits on the House Armed Services committee on defense shipping.
As a member of the Republican’s China Task Force, Waltz has highlighted worries about US military preparation for possible Indo-Pacific problems. His latest book,” Hard Truths: Believe and Prospect Like a Green Beret”, describes strategies for preventing conflict with China.
Regarding Ukraine, Waltz’s position has changed over time. First advocating for increased weapons help following Russia’s 2022 war, he recently questioned National priorities,” Is it in America’s curiosity, are we going to put in the time, the gold, the resources that we need in the Pacific correct now hard”?
Whilst supporting Trump’s press for increased Nato defence spending, Waltz differs from the president-elect by maintaining support for US presence in the empire. He just noted,” Appear we can become allies and friends and have strong conversations”.
