Amb. James Jeffrey, the former deputy national security adviser during the George W. Bush administration, told Newsmax on Friday that outgoing national security adviser Mike Waltz is getting a “step up” with his nomination to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Jeffrey said on “National Report” that “it’s not unusual, particularly for [President] Donald Trump, but also other presidents to change their national security advisers,” adding that the post is “a terribly tough job, particularly the need to maintain the confidence of the president on the one hand and essentially be the sheriff of all of the other secretaries and powerful figures who share the execution of foreign policy.”

He added, “Waltz was very qualified” for the NSA role but lacked “the degree of chemistry that the president wanted.”

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