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President Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, has now taken the floor in New York carrying a mandate from a White House that means business. After a contentious confirmation process and months of headlines about internal shakeups, Waltz was nominated and moved into the U.N. post as part of a deliberate pivot to restore American seriousness on the world stage.
Right out of the gate Waltz has been blunt: the U.N. must get “back to basics” and stop chasing political fads that make a mockery of its founding mission. He’s promised to root out antisemitism, cut funding for partisan or “woke” programs, and force accountability where bureaucrats have grown fat and unaccountable. These aren’t empty slogans — they reflect what the administration and conservatives have been warning about for years.
Waltz also zeroed in on UNRWA and other agencies that have shown alarming lapses in judgment, arguing some outfits should be defunded or even dismantled if they cannot be reformed. The simple reality is this: when an organization designed to help becomes one that incubates hatred and enables terror, Americans should not be writing blank checks. That hard truth is finally being said aloud at the U.N. by someone who understands the stakes.
On the sensitive matter of Gaza, Waltz echoed the Trump administration’s clarity: peace through strength and zero tolerance for groups that terrorize civilians. He has repeatedly told allies and adversaries alike — loud and clear — that the United States stands with Israel and that Hamas cannot be allowed to govern or reconstitute itself. It’s the kind of unapologetic, moral clarity Washington desperately needed and the U.N. often failed to deliver.
Conservative readers should feel vindicated, not surprised, that reformers are finally taking aim at the bloated, politicized U.N. For too long American generosity has been exploited by international elites who lecture our country while rewarding bad actors and coddling bureaucratic excess. Waltz’s plain-spoken assault on “nonsense” programs and his call to return to peacemaking are a welcome rejection of that failed status quo.
Waltz brings real credentials to the fight — a former Green Beret, a combat veteran, and a lawmaker who has lived national security rather than just lectured about it. That background matters; the U.N. needs representatives who know force and deterrence, who understand terror, and who will not be cowed by the bluster of hostile regimes or transnational bureaucrats.
Americans should watch this moment and stand with leaders who defend our values instead of apologizing for them. If the U.N. wants continued American support, it will have to earn it by getting back to its core mission of preventing war, not promoting woke politics or passing judgment on our allies. Waltz is signaling that era is over — and every patriot who loves peace and liberty should cheer him on.
