The news of the firings comes a day after an Oval Office meeting between Trump and right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who privately called on the president to fire some NSC staffers.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is on increasingly thin ice in President Donald Trump's administration, according to new reports. In a recent article by journalists Josh Dawsey, Meridith McGraw and Alexander Ward,

The problem isn’t just that the president has fired national security officials without cause, it’s also why he made these drastic moves.