Plans to restructure the National Security Council and transfer its primary responsibilities to other organisations, such as the State and Defence departments, are being led by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The action, which is the most recent attempt to reduce a federal agency, was taken weeks after Trump declared that Mike Waltz, the former National Security Advisor who oversaw the agency at the White House, would leave his position.
On the same day that Waltz was nominated to be the ambassador of the United Nations, Trump made the announcement.
Reducing the size of the National Security Council, which the Trump White House feels is crowded with long-term, bureaucratic staffers who don’t support Trump’s agenda, is one of the plans to completely overhaul the agency.
The reorganisation will also place Robert Gabriel, the president’s policy assistant, and Andy Barker, vice president JD Vance’s national security advisor, in positions as deputy national security advisors.
According to a White House official familiar with the planning, Trump and Rubio are spearheading the shift in an effort to take aim at Washington’s infamous “Deep State.”
“The NSC is the ultimate Deep State. It’s Marco vs. the Deep State. We’re gutting the Deep State,” a White House official stated.
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The president receives advice on military, foreign policy, and national security issues from the National Security Council, which is housed in the White House.
Following his involvement with other administration officials, including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, in the Signal chat controversy regarding strike plans against the Houthis in March, Waltz left the agency.
Rubio has been serving as the national security advisor since Waltz left earlier this month. This is on top of being the head of the State Department and acting as the U.S. Agency for International Development’s archivist and administrator, which the administration plans to abolish this year.
