Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is acting as national security adviser after the removal of Michael Waltz last month, is expected to make drastic changes to the National Security Council, including scaling down its size, according to sources with direct knowledge of his plans. 

The idea behind shrinking the staff would be to reshape it to align with how President Donald Trump makes decisions, the sources told NBC News.

The smaller staff would mean that, rather than having a large group of advisers making policy recommendations for Trump, the president would instead direct his national security adviser on policy matters, with that person to lead the staff in carrying out his orders. 

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