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Mike Waltz já trabalhou também na administração de George W. Bush (Reprodução )
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Publicado em 12 de novembro de 2024 às 07h35.
O presidente eleito Donald Trump escolheu o deputado republicano pela Flórida, Mike Waltz, para ser seu conselheiro de segurança nacional, segundo informações divulgadas pela Reuters na última segunda-feira, 11.
O cargo, que não requer confirmação do Senado como outros do gabinete, é responsável por informar o presidente sobre as principais questões de segurança nacional e coordenar as diferentes agências de inteligência.
Waltz, um Boina Verde aposentado do Exército, tem sido um dos principais críticos do papel da China no mundo. O republicano, que também serviu na Guarda Nacional como coronel, já expressou a necessidade dos EUA estarem prontos para um "potencial conflito" na região do Indo-Pacífico.
Em 2021, Waltz criticou publicamente a saída desastrosa do governo Biden do Afeganistão e elogiou as visões de política externa de Trump.
"Francamente, nosso establishment de segurança nacional e certamente muitas pessoas estão presas em velhos hábitos ruins no Pentágono e precisam dessa interrupção", disse Waltz durante um evento no início deste ano.
Mike Waltz foi diretor de política de defesa dos secretários de defesa Donald Rumsfeld e Robert Gates (dos governos de George W. Bush) e foi eleito para o Congresso em 2018 para a vaga Ron DeSantis, que acabaria sendo eleito governador da Flórida.
Ele também é o presidente do subcomitê de Serviços Armados da Câmara que supervisiona a logística militar e também no comitê seleto de inteligência.
Em um livro publicado no início deste ano, Waltz apresentou uma estratégia de cinco partes para evitar a guerra com a China, incluindo armar Taiwan mais rápido, tranquilizar aliados no Pacífico e modernizar aviões e navios.
Sobre a Ucrânia, Waltz disse que suas opiniões evoluíram. Após a invasão da Ucrânia pela Rússia em 2022, ele pediu que o governo Biden fornecesse mais armas a Kiev para ajudá-los a repelir as forças russas. Mas durante um evento no mês passado, Waltz disse que tinha que haver uma reavaliação dos objetivos dos Estados Unidos na Ucrânia, segundo a Reuters.
Waltz elogiou Trump por pressionar os aliados da OTAN a gastar mais em defesa, mas, ao contrário do presidente eleito, não sugeriu que os Estados Unidos saíssem da aliança.
Waltz demonstrou sua lealdade a Trump no início deste ano quando apareceu na audiência do tribunal de Trump em Manhattan, em 16 de maio, em Manhattan - foi um dos poucos legisladores a fazê-lo.
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3/13 An overall view as former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepts his party's nomination on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked Ohio US Senator J.D. Vance for running mate. (Photo by Pedro UGARTE / AFP) (Day 4 - Republican Party presidential nominating convention)
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12/13 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 18: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (2024 Republican National Convention: Day 4)
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