National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, left, and other National Security Council staffers were ousted from office on May 1, 2025 in the most high-profile executive office exits of the second Trump administration. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump could potentially tap former ambassador to Germany and former acting Director of National Intelligence under the first Trump administration, Richard Grenell, to take the national security role. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump could potentially tap former ambassador to Germany and former acting Director of National Intelligence under the first Trump administration, Richard Grenell, to take the national security role.
The former ambassador currently serves as the president of the Kennedy Center, the national cultural center of the U.S., under the second Trump administration.
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Grenell's name has been floated for other high-profile roles under the second Trump administration, such as a potential replacement for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik withdrew her name in March to retain her seat in the House. Grenell, however, said he was a "hard no" on serving in the U.N. ambassador role.
President Donald Trump previously named Rep. Elise Stefanik as his pick for ambassador to the U.N. but announced on March 27 that she withdrew her nomination to "remain in Congress." (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Trump previously named Stefanik as his pick for ambassador to the U.N. but announced March 27 that she withdrew her nomination to "remain in Congress to help me deliver Historic Tax Cuts, GREAT Jobs, Record Economic Growth, a Secure Border, Energy Dominance, Peace Through Strength."
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"With a very tight Majority, I don’t want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise’s seat," he added. "The people love Elise and, with her, we have nothing to worry about come Election Day. There are others that can do a good job at the United Nations."
Stefanik is a fierce Trump ally, who notably grilled Ivy League college administrators from Penn and Harvard, her alma mater, in December 2023 regarding whether "calling for the genocide of Jews" violates the respective school’s codes of conduct.
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Trump potentially selecting Stefanik as a replacement for Waltz, however, would leave the Republican House majority vulnerable to an even tighter margin if Stefanik left her New York seat.
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