Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, in recent days publicly signaled his intention to get rid of all nonpolitical appointees and career intelligence officials serving on the NSC by Inauguration Day to ensure the council is staffed with those who support Trump’s agenda.

So not only are they getting rid of “nonpolitical appointees,” but also “career intelligence officials.” So they are purging all institutional knowledge and standards of conduct. Then those they are inserting/retaining are intentionally “political” appointees, who explicitly are being asked to affirm their loyalty.