Trump national security adviser pick Waltz resigns from House, shrinking GOP majority

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., retired from Congress Monday to service arsenic President-elect Trump's nationalist information advisor — a long-awaited determination that helium announced conscionable 1 hr earlier Trump was sworn successful arsenic president.

Waltz had confirmed to Fox News his plans to resign connected Inauguration Day anterior to Trump's inaugural ceremonial — a determination that further narrows the Republican House bulk to conscionable 218–215.

Staff hole for the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump successful the U.S. Capitol Rotunda connected Jan. 20, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.  (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Reuters)

"As I hole to presume my duties arsenic National Security Advisor to the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, I hereby marque my resignation authoritative from the U.S. House of Representatives, effectual January 20th, 2025," Waltz said successful a missive announcing his decision.

 "I mean to service retired my word successful the 118th Congress, and to beryllium sworn into the 118th Congress. I person besides submitted by announcement to Governor Ron DeSantis to counsel him connected my resignation."

A peculiar predetermination to regenerate Waltz volition beryllium held successful April. 

News of his resignation successful the House comes astatine a clip erstwhile Republicans successful the enclosure person struggled to unify amid intraparty divisions implicit authorities spending, fealty to Trump, and different differences successful ideology. 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters successful Congress earlier lawmakers voted connected a caller spending measure to avert a authorities shutdown.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

These divisions were connected crisp show during the predetermination of House Speaker Mike Johnson earlier successful January and the monolithic spending measure successful December that narrowly averted authorities shutdown. 

Trump praised Mike Waltz's much than 25 years successful the Army Special Forces. Here, Waltz is pictured successful Afghanistan.  (Mike Waltz)

Waltz, a erstwhile Green Beret who served successful some the White House and Pentagon, was tapped by Trump successful the autumn of 2024 to service arsenic his nationalist information adviser. 

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Trump praised Waltz's much than 25 years successful the Army Special Forces, noting that helium "was deployed aggregate times successful combat for which helium was awarded 4 Bronze Stars, including 2 with Valor."

Fox News Digital's Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.