Key Trump Figures Were Slamming Waltz Before His Ousting: 'He's Like a Beaten Dog'

Mike Waltz was slammed by Donald Trump allies for weeks before his ousting, a new report detailed.

Those critical of the now former national security adviser ranged from Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to MAGA firebrand and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, Axios detailed on Thursday.

The outlet noted that Signalgate, his inadvertent adding of a journalist to a Signal chat where highly sensitive information about an upcoming military strike was being discussed, was not the only reason why he was on thin ice.

Waltz's way of treating Wiles was highlighted as a reason as well, with officials saying he did so with a dismissive attitude. "He treated her like staff and didn't realize he's the staff, she's the embodiment of the president," one official told Axios.

"Susie is a deeply loyal person and the disrespect was made all the worse because it was disloyal." Vice President JD Vance also reportedly told Waltz on a trip to Greenland in March that he had to work "more collaboratively."

"He's like a beaten dog that keeps doing the same trick so he doesn't get beaten again. It's a little sad," an official told Axios.

Moreover, Loomer targeted him during a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office and pressed him to fire specific staffers, who she labeled as "neocons," a term used to refer to people who hold hawkish foreign policy views associated with the Bush administration. Loomer suggested Trump should fire several officials he had appointed, including his deputy, Alex Wong, who is also leaving his post. She also showed him an old video of Waltz criticizing Trump.

Loomer suggested Wong was the one who added The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat, claiming that it was done "on purpose as part of a foreign opp to embarrass the Trump administration on behalf of China."