What to know about Trump's latest moves on Mike Waltz, economy and more
CBS Evening News
[{'start': '1.199', 'end': '4.880', 'text': "There's been a major shakeup in"}, {'start': '3.040', 'end': '7.919', 'text': "President Trump's national security"}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '10.000', 'text': 'team. Today, Mike Waltz was pushed out'}, {'start': '7.919', 'end': '12.240', 'text': 'as national security adviser. And to'}, {'start': '10.000', 'end': '13.679', 'text': 'help us sort that out and talk about the'}, {'start': '12.240', 'end': '15.440', 'text': "rest of the president's agenda for"}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '17.840', 'text': "tonight's interview, we're joined by"}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '20.720', 'text': "CBS's chief Washington analyst, Robert"}, {'start': '17.840', 'end': '22.560', 'text': "Costa. So, Bob, let's start with the the"}, {'start': '20.720', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'outgoing national security adviser, Mike'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '26.960', 'text': 'Walls. Was it just that he was involved'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '29.279', 'text': 'in that mishap with the signal messaging'}, {'start': '26.960', 'end': '31.279', 'text': 'system where he allowed a journalist to'}, {'start': '29.279', 'end': '33.600', 'text': 'be on that text chain or was there'}, {'start': '31.279', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'something else about his being uh his'}, {'start': '33.600', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'behavior that moved him over now to be'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '40.879', 'text': 'the uh ambassador to the UN or the'}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '43.120', 'text': 'nominee anyway to that post?'}, {'start': '40.879', 'end': '45.760', 'text': 'John, always great to be with you. to'}, {'start': '43.120', 'end': '47.440', 'text': 'give up a safe Florida House seat for'}, {'start': '45.760', 'end': '49.440', 'text': 'just a few weeks in the administration'}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '52.160', 'text': 'as national security adviser. It was a'}, {'start': '49.440', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'rocky road for him since he joined the'}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '56.800', 'text': "White House staff. I'm told by my top"}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '59.280', 'text': 'sources that he never got along with'}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '61.600', 'text': 'White House chief of staff Susie Wilds.'}, {'start': '59.280', 'end': '64.320', 'text': 'They had a current relationship,'}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '66.240', 'text': 'professional relationship, but'}, {'start': '64.320', 'end': '68.880', 'text': 'Congressman Waltz became National'}, {'start': '66.240', 'end': '71.119', 'text': 'Security Adviser, had a staff of his own'}, {'start': '68.880', 'end': '72.799', 'text': 'and acted as a principal inside of the'}, {'start': '71.119', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'White House. And in many ways, he was a'}, {'start': '72.799', 'end': '76.080', 'text': 'principal. You have a big office as the'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '78.320', 'text': 'national security adviser, very close to'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '80.880', 'text': 'the vice president. But culturally, he'}, {'start': '78.320', 'end': '82.280', 'text': 'has never fit in totally with the Trump'}, {'start': '80.880', 'end': '84.400', 'text': "inner circle. And part of it's"}, {'start': '82.280', 'end': '86.640', 'text': "ideological, I'm told, as well. He's"}, {'start': '84.400', 'end': '88.080', 'text': 'more of a traditional Republican. Of'}, {'start': '86.640', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'course, he echoes many of President'}, {'start': '88.080', 'end': '92.320', 'text': "Trump's positions on foreign policy and"}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '94.560', 'text': 'national security, but at the same time,'}, {'start': '92.320', 'end': '96.079', 'text': "he's just never been a perfect fit. You"}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '98.960', 'text': 'couple that together with what happened'}, {'start': '96.079', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'with the signal episode and you have'}, {'start': '98.960', 'end': '103.360', 'text': 'what happened today. Though notable,'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '105.840', 'text': "President Trump is not firing him. He's"}, {'start': '103.360', 'end': '108.000', 'text': 'just nominating him to be the United'}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '109.920', 'text': "States ambassador to the UN. It's"}, {'start': '108.000', 'end': '112.000', 'text': 'fascinating. Tell me, Bob, give me your'}, {'start': '109.920', 'end': '114.960', 'text': "read on the president's view of the"}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '117.119', 'text': 'economy. Uh the GDP is down, consumer'}, {'start': '114.960', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'confidence numbers are quite uh down,'}, {'start': '117.119', 'end': '120.479', 'text': "the polling shows that people think he's"}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'taken his eye off the ball on the'}, {'start': '120.479', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'economy. uh how does he and the rest of'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '126.479', 'text': 'his folks see see that key question of'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '128.479', 'text': 'the economy which helped get him'}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '130.640', 'text': 'election elected?'}, {'start': '128.479', 'end': '132.640', 'text': "John, he hasn't taken his eye off the"}, {'start': '130.640', 'end': '134.720', 'text': 'ball in the eyes of his closest'}, {'start': '132.640', 'end': '136.640', 'text': "adviserss. He's playing a long game and"}, {'start': '134.720', 'end': '138.640', 'text': 'by playing a long game with his tariff'}, {'start': '136.640', 'end': '140.480', 'text': 'policy. He certainly has many'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'Republicans and even some of his aids'}, {'start': '140.480', 'end': '145.040', 'text': "privately nervous. They know he's"}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '147.120', 'text': 'transactional in how he sees economic'}, {'start': '145.040', 'end': '149.120', 'text': 'policy. He wants to have this standoff'}, {'start': '147.120', 'end': '150.959', 'text': 'with allies and adversaries alike when'}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '153.200', 'text': "it comes to trade policy. But he's"}, {'start': '150.959', 'end': '156.080', 'text': 'prepared to wait this out. And he'}, {'start': '153.200', 'end': '157.840', 'text': 'believes any short-term economic pain'}, {'start': '156.080', 'end': '161.200', 'text': 'will be just that, short-term economic'}, {'start': '157.840', 'end': '163.760', 'text': 'pain, because he ultimately insists in'}, {'start': '161.200', 'end': '166.160', 'text': 'conversations uh at the White House that'}, {'start': '163.760', 'end': '168.160', 'text': 'other nations will buckle to what the'}, {'start': '166.160', 'end': '170.640', 'text': 'United States is doing. And it really'}, {'start': '168.160', 'end': '174.080', 'text': 'could come down to a standoff over who'}, {'start': '170.640', 'end': '176.239', 'text': 'can tolerate a worse economic scenario'}, {'start': '174.080', 'end': '178.480', 'text': 'this spring and summer as different'}, {'start': '176.239', 'end': '180.480', 'text': "supply chains are affected. What's his"}, {'start': '178.480', 'end': '182.319', 'text': 'thinking going into the budget? uh fight'}, {'start': '180.480', 'end': '184.400', 'text': "that's about to happen in Congress about"}, {'start': '182.319', 'end': '186.959', 'text': 'how he can play a role in and how that'}, {'start': '184.400', 'end': '188.800', 'text': 'will go forward. Well, his fingerprints'}, {'start': '186.959', 'end': '190.400', 'text': "are not really on what's happening on"}, {'start': '188.800', 'end': '193.280', 'text': "Capitol Hill. He doesn't have much"}, {'start': '190.400', 'end': '195.040', 'text': 'interest in the minutia of legislation.'}, {'start': '193.280', 'end': '197.360', 'text': 'Has, as he said many times, he wants a'}, {'start': '195.040', 'end': '199.040', 'text': 'big beautiful bill that puts a lot of'}, {'start': '197.360', 'end': '201.200', 'text': 'these spending cuts and tax cuts'}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '203.920', 'text': 'together. It the difficulty here for'}, {'start': '201.200', 'end': '205.599', 'text': 'Republicans is they forged a lot of'}, {'start': '203.920', 'end': '207.920', 'text': 'their political movement back during the'}, {'start': '205.599', 'end': '209.440', 'text': 'Tea Party era and called for fiscal'}, {'start': '207.920', 'end': '210.879', 'text': 'responsibility. You have to have'}, {'start': '209.440', 'end': '213.040', 'text': "spending cuts if you're going to have"}, {'start': '210.879', 'end': '214.959', 'text': 'tax cuts and you need to shrink the'}, {'start': '213.040', 'end': '216.959', 'text': "government. President Trump didn't"}, {'start': '214.959', 'end': '218.720', 'text': 'really get forged himself politically in'}, {'start': '216.959', 'end': '220.480', 'text': 'the Tea Party movement. He has been'}, {'start': '218.720', 'end': '222.720', 'text': 'supportive of Medicaid spending, Social'}, {'start': '220.480', 'end': '224.239', 'text': "Security spending to a point. He doesn't"}, {'start': '222.720', 'end': '225.440', 'text': 'have the same perspective as a lot of'}, {'start': '224.239', 'end': '226.879', 'text': 'House Republicans and Senate'}, {'start': '225.440', 'end': '230.000', 'text': "Republicans. So, that's part of the"}, {'start': '226.879', 'end': '232.879', 'text': 'tension. How do you get these tax cuts'}, {'start': '230.000', 'end': '234.159', 'text': 'extended and bolstered while also'}, {'start': '232.879', 'end': '236.879', 'text': "shrinking the government? That's why"}, {'start': '234.159', 'end': '238.560', 'text': "Elon Musk's effort was so important in"}, {'start': '236.879', 'end': '242.400', 'text': 'trying to outline some cuts that would'}, {'start': '238.560', 'end': '242.400', 'text': 'make Republicans on Capitol Hill'}]