Trump Cabinet Nominee Details Plan to Clean Out Deep State: “We’re Taking Resignations…”

President Trump’s National Security Advisor nominee Mike Waltz is ready to get started wiping out Deep Staters on Day One.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart, Waltz laid out his plans, which including complete vacating the NSC building by the time President Trump officially takes the oath of office on Inauguration Day.

He said that he’s made it “crystal clear” to all members of President Trump’s second administration — including those appointed by Biden — what the agenda and expectations are.

“Everybody is going to resign at 12:01 on January 20. We’re working through our process to get everybody their clearances and through the transition process now. Our folks know who we want out in the agencies, we’re putting those requests in, and in terms of the detailees they’re all going to go back,” Walz said.

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From Breitbart:

Incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Breitbart News exclusively that every intelligence official from the various departments and agencies across the federal government currently detailed to the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House under outgoing President Joe Biden will be expected to vacate the premises by 12:01 p.m. Eastern on Inauguration Day when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated again.

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Waltz, in a phone interview earlier this week, told Breitbart News that he is making sure everyone understands that it’s “crystal clear what the agenda is.”

“Everybody is going to resign at 12:01 on January 20,” Waltz said. “We’re working through our process to get everybody their clearances and through the transition process now. Our folks know who we want out in the agencies, we’re putting those requests in, and in terms of the detailees they’re all going to go back.”

The way the NSC works is the National Security Advisor oversees a team of political appointees from the president who oversee a wide range of what are called “detailees”—people who work at the various agencies and departments across the federal government who are assigned, or detailed, to work at the White House for a period of time on the NSC in a portfolio in which they demonstrate expertise. These career intelligence officials come from places as wide-ranging as the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Pentagon, and other law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and report up to the political appointees atop each major portfolio in the NSC. The NSC has various issue-specific portfolios like counterterrorism and cyber policy as well as regional portfolios focused on things like the western hemisphere or the Middle East or Europe or Asia. The detailees then help coordinate back to the various agencies and departments so the whole federal government executes on the decisions that the president makes.

One of the major problems Trump faced in his first term came from inside the NSC with some of these detailees, as the person who spearheaded the first impeachment of Trump—Alexander Vindman—was one such person. Waltz told Breitbart News that he is taking very serious steps to ensure that there are no more Vindmans. From this point forward, he said, anyone who gets a detailee position on the NSC will be on board with the president’s agenda.

“The issue with Vindman wasn’t during transition—the issue with Vindman was he was already slated to transfer but didn’t come in until the summer or fall after,” Waltz said. “So that’s one, number two—the folks that we’re bringing in are 100 percent aligned with the president’s agenda. Hell, the entire world seems to be aligned with his agenda if you just look at the outreach from world leaders and everybody who wants to come to Mar-a-Lago. So, there’s a little bit of a difference in that everybody was reflexively just against him [the first time] just for the sake of it and the Trump Derangement Syndrome was out of control in 2017. Now, after seeing and feeling four years of progressive governance under Biden and seeing the world come unglued, we’re not even seeing the levels of resistance to his agenda—that’s just a broader point. But also the folks we’re bringing in, the key members of my team, have relationships out in these agencies and we know who is completely on board.”

Newsmax added:

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., set to be President-elect Donald Trump’s national security adviser, announced a sweeping personnel overhaul of the National Security Council, pledging that all Biden administration-era appointments will vacate their posts by 12:01 p.m. on Inauguration Day, Breitbart reported Thursday.

Waltz emphasized the need for a team fully aligned with Trump’s agenda, ensuring a seamless execution of national security policies.

“All detailees from the Biden administration will be asked to resign by 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20,” Waltz told Breitbart. He explained this decision addresses issues encountered during Trump’s first term, particularly with those whose actions conflicted with the administration’s objectives.

The NSC is the president’s central mechanism for national security decision-making. It coordinates efforts across agencies such as the CIA, FBI, and Pentagon.

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Waltz stressed the importance of having individuals in roles who share the president’s vision.

“Our folks know who we want out in the agencies,” he said. “We’re bringing in team members who are 100% aligned with the president’s agenda.”