'REALIGNMENT': Ex-White House official says the Left is 'overreacting' to Trump admin shakeup
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[{'start': '3.903', 'end': '8.474', 'text': ">> Martha: QUITE A DAY AT THE  WHITE HOUSE AS WE'VE TRIED TO  SORT OUT THESE MOVEMENTS HERE  AND MICHAEL WALTZ IS OUT  ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING WE'VE  LEARNED AS THE NATIONAL SECURITY  ADVISOR BUT THEN MOMENTS AGO  PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT  HE WILL BE NOMINATING WALTZ TO  SERVE AS U.N. AMBASSADOR QUOTE  FROM HIS TIME IN UNIFORM ON THE  BATTLEFIELD, IN CONGRESS AND AS  MY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR  MIKE WALTZ HAS WORKED HARD TO  PUT OUR NATIONS INTEREST FIRST  AND I KNOW HE WILL DO THE SAME  IN HIS NEW ROLE.  HE IS DEEPLY HONORED TO CONTINUE  HIS SERVICE TO THE NATION.  BACK IN MARCH CONTROVERSY  ERUPTED AFTER JEFFREY GOLDBERG  WAS ADDED TO A SECRET TEXT CHAIN  THAT WALTZ BUILT.  THE CHAIN INCLUDED DETAILS OF  MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE  THE HOUTHIS IN THE MEN AND WALTZ  STEPPED UP AND SAID HE TOOK FULL  RESPONSIBILITY.  HE TOOK PART IN THE CABINET  MEETING JUST YESTERDAY.  >> THE LAST FOUR YEARS THE WORLD  EXPERIENCED A LACK OF ZERO  LEADERSHIP UNDER BIDEN AND THEN  WE'VE HAD 100 DAYS OF YOUR  LEADERSHIP WITH RESPECT,  STRENGTH.  >> Martha: WITH THAT LET'S  BRING IN MARK MEADOWS WHO SERVED  AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE  CHIEF OF STAFF DURING HIS FIRST  ADMINISTRATION.  GOOD TO SEE YOU.  WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.  I AM CURIOUS WHAT WAS GOING  THROUGH YOUR HEAD HAVING BEEN IN  THESE ROOMS WHEN THESE KINDS OF  SHAKE-UPS HAPPEN.  IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A  FIRING AND THEN NOW IT LOOKS  LIKE THERE IS A CHANGING OF SOME  DECK CHAIRS.  WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON ALL THIS?  >> THIS IS MORE OF A REALIGNMENT  THAN ANYTHING ELSE.  PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE AN  INCREDIBLE JOB.  I GIVE HIM AN A+ FOR THE TEAM  HE'S PUT TOGETHER FOR HIS SECOND  ADMINISTRATION OBVIOUSLY AS YOU  HAVE ALL OF THESE PERSONALITIES  AND TALENTS BROUGHT TOGETHER.  YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE  BEST MIX AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT  THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR IS  A KEY POSITION, ONE THAT HAS  DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENT  BUT IT ALSO INTERACTS WITH THE  SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SECRETARY  OF STATE AND MAKING SURE THAT  THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE  KEY AND VERY GOOD AND SO WE WILL  NOW GET TO CALL MIKE WALTZ  AMBASSADOR WALTZ IF HE IS  CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE BUT IN  THE INTERIM SECRETARY RUBIO WILL  BE ABLE TO HELP BUT THAT WILL BE  A TEMPORARY SOLUTION BECAUSE I'M  SURE THE PRESIDENT WILL BE  LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR  THAT TEAM RIGHT AWAY BUT I THINK  THE LEFT WAS OVERREACTING  EARLIER TODAY AND YET WHAT WE DO  SEE IS IT'S ABOUT HAVING THE  PERFECT TEAM TO GET THE  PRESIDENT'S AGENDA COMPLETE.  >> Martha: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU  ARE PICKING UP THAT THERE WAS  SOME FRICTION BETWEEN SOME  FACTIONS WITHIN THE SECURITY  ADVISOR TEAM, THE FOREIGN POLICY  TEAM?  >> LISTEN, OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT  THERE ANY LONGER AND WHAT YOU  HAVE YOU JUST KNOW, I KNOW THAT  AMBASSADOR O'BRIEN WAS MY  NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND  PART OF THAT JOB IS MANAGING A  COMPLEX TEAM NOT ONLY WITHIN THE  WEST WING BUT THE INTELLIGENCE  GROUP ALTOGETHER AND AS WE SAW  SOME OF THE FALLOUT FROM USING  SIGNALS AS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE,  YOU ARE RIGHT MIKE WALTZ STEPPED  UP AND ACCEPTED IT, BRAVO TO HIM  BUT IN DOING THAT YOU START TO  SEE SMALL CONFLICTS AND I'M NOT  SUGGESTING THAT THAT IS THE  IMPETUS BEHIND THIS BUT IT'S ALL  ABOUT GETTING THE RIGHT  PERSONNEL IN THE RIGHT JOB AND  SUSIE, HIS CHIEF IS DOING AN  OUTSTANDING JOB AND THEY HAVE  HAD VERY LITTLE TURNOVER.  THE INTERESTING THINGS IS IN THE  FIRST ADMINISTRATION I THINK IT  WAS ABOUT 34% TURNOVER.  THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE  UNEXPECTED PROBABLY NOT THE LAST  OF THE REALIGNMENT THAT WE WILL  SEE AND SOME OF THOSE WITH THE  CABINET STAYS AND I APPLAUD HIM  FOR GETTING A GREAT CABINET  CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.  >> Martha: MICHAEL WALTZ WILL  BE COMING HERE TO NEW YORK SO WE  WILL SEE LOTS OF HIM HERE AND AN  INTERESTING MOVE OF PEOPLE,  WORTH NOTING I THINK THAT THIS  HOUTHI OPERATION WAS VERY  SUCCESSFUL.  NO ONE WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF  THIS AND REMEMBERING THAT AFTER  THE AFGHANISTAN TRAGEDY WHERE WE  LOST 13 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS,  NOBODY WAS FIRED OR MOVED TO A  DIFFERENT JOB.  >> YES, AND THANK YOU FOR  POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE THIS  PRESIDENT IS REALLY SERIOUS  ABOUT MAKING SURE AMERICAN LIVES  ARE PROTECTED AND SAVED AND YET  WE SEE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN  2 ADMINISTRATIONS.  I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE A  LITTLE BIT OF FRICTION IN THE  TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 2.0 RATHER  THAN WHAT WE SAW WITH THE  AFGHANISTAN WI"}]