{"id":2430162,"date":"2025-05-02T09:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-temporary-national-security-advisor-and-its-a-familiar-face\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:49:28","slug":"trump-names-temporary-national-security-advisor-and-its-a-familiar-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-temporary-national-security-advisor-and-its-a-familiar-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Names Temporary National Security Advisor &#8211; And It&#8217;s a Familiar Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-names-temporary-national-security-advisor-and-its-a-familiar-face%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses the recent appointment of Marco Rubio as the Acting National Security Adviser by President Donald Trump, following the removal of Mike Waltz. This change marks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-ivy-league-school-president-resigns-after-months-of-anti-israel-protests-on-campus\/\" title=\"Ivy League ... Steps Down Amid Campus Anti-Israel Protests\">significant leadership shift<\/a> in U.S. foreign policy, with Rubio becoming only the second individual to hold both the Secretary of State and National Security Adviser positions together, a feat previously achieved by Henry Kissinger. Since his confirmation, Rubio has initiated extensive reforms within the State Department, including the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the renegotiation of immigrant deportation agreements.Rubio has aligned himself with Trump&#8217;s &#8220;America First&#8221; policies, demonstrating reliability within the Cabinet. The article emphasizes his expanding responsibilities and the challenges he faces as he leads during a transformative period for U.S. national security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-trump-contain-china-without-a-war-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Can Trump contain China without a war? - Washington Examiner\">top national security jobs<\/a> at once as President Donald Trump presses forward with his top-to-bottom revamp of U.S. foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s appointment of Rubio to temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-top-officials-ousted-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replace Mike Waltz<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: ... Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">national security adviser<\/a> is the first major leadership shake-up of the administration, but Waltz&rsquo;s removal had been rumored for weeks &mdash; ever since he created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-immediately-goes-offensive-atlantic-releases-full-signal-chat-another-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signal group chat<\/a> and accidentally added a journalist to the conversation where top national security officials discussed an attack on Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n<p>So, just over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/terrible-poll-dems-100-days-media-nuking-trump-still-beat-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 days<\/a> into his tenure as America&rsquo;s top diplomat, Rubio now becomes just the second person to hold both positions. He follows only the late Henry Kissinger, who served as both secretary of state and national security adviser for two years under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rubio-sets-media-straight-trump-admins-handling-abrego-garcia-case-illegal-alien-returning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubio<\/a> &mdash; a one-time Trump rival during the 2016 presidential campaign &mdash; has proven adept at aligning himself with Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;America First&rdquo; foreign policy positions.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio leads during Trump&rsquo;s massive changes.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Since being confirmed in a 99-0 Senate floor vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secretary-state-rubio-lays-law-reporter-asks-activist-students-visa-revoked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubio<\/a> has presided over a radical reorganization of the State Department. That includes the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and closing or consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide. He has also begun a major cull of the visa system.<\/p>\n<p>He has overseen the negotiation of agreements to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">send immigrants criminal illegal aliens<\/a> out of the country, most notably to El Salvador, in cases that are now being challenged in federal courts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Marco Rubio, unbelievable,&rdquo; Trump said Thursday before announcing on social media that Waltz would be nominated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-announces-mike-waltzs-new-post-painful-defeat-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambassador to the United Nations<\/a> and Rubio would take over as national security adviser in the interim. &ldquo;When I have a problem, I call up Marco, he gets it solved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Appearing Thursday night on Fox News Channel&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hannity,&rdquo; Rubio was not asked to weigh in on the president&rsquo;s decision to tap him as national security adviser but did joke that he was barred from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1918083148803453334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adding pope to his list of many jobs<\/a> because he is married.<\/p>\n<p>But as he marked the first 100 days of Trump&rsquo;s latest term, Rubio applauded the president for his vision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am honored by the trust President Trump placed in me, and I am proud of the work the Department of State has done over the past 100 days to implement his agenda and put the American people first,&rdquo; he wrote Wednesday in a State Department Substack post.<\/p>\n<p>One of Rubio&rsquo;s former Florida statehouse colleagues, Dan Gelber, a Democrat, said of Rubio&rsquo;s increasing responsibilities that &ldquo;Marco is probably, to a certain extent, one of the more reliable Cabinet officers, if not the most reliable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&rsquo;s dual-hatted role comes on top of him serving as acting administrator of the largely shut down USAID and as acting head of the National Archives. It puts him in a similar position to that of Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p>As a special envoy, Witkoff is the lead U.S. negotiator in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-nuclear-talks-continue-us-set-meet-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran nuclear talks<\/a> and in administration peace efforts for the Israel-Hamas war and the Ukraine-Russia war.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, Rubio and Witkoff are following in the footsteps of Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who had multiple roles in the first administration, ranging from the Middle East to Latin America and immigration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Trump&#8217;s decision to appoint Rubio as the interim national security adviser, replacing Mike Waltz, marks the administration&#8217;s first significant leadership change, although Waltz&#8217;s departure had been anticipated for weeks following an incident where he mistakenly included a journalist in a private group chat discussing military actions against Houthi rebels. Just over 100 days into his role as America&#8217;s chief diplomat, Rubio becomes only the second individual to hold both positions, following the late Henry Kissinger who served in similar capacities during the Nixon and Ford administrations in the 1970s. Having once competed against Trump in the 2016 presidential race, Rubio has successfully aligned himself with Trump&#8217;s &#8220;America First&#8221; foreign policy agenda during this period of significant transition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Donald-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4106,32133,54481,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2430162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-administration","tag-current-events","tag-national-security-advisor","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Donald-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430166,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430162\/revisions\/2430166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}