
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, to serve as national security adviser in his next administration. Waltz, a former Green Beret officer, is considered a “China hawk” and is set to serve a major role in the second Trump administration’s policy approach to competition with Beijing, assistance to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion approaches the three-year mark and continued conflict in the Middle East, to include the war in Gaza.…