Mike Waltz Outlines Sweeping UN Reforms at Contentious Senate Confirmation Hearing

WASHINGTON – Mike Waltz faced intense scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, where he outlined an ambitious vision for reforming the United Nations under the new Trump administration. Pledging to bring an ‘America First’ approach, Waltz aims to steer the 80-year-old global body ‘back to basics’ and ‘make the U.N. great again’ if confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

His proposed agenda includes directly combating China’s growing influence, rigorously scrutinizing U.S. funding to UN agencies with ‘duplicative and wasteful mandates,’ and confronting what he termed ‘deep antisemitism’ within the UN system, specifically citing the UNRWA. The hearing, overseen by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, marked the first public grilling of Waltz since his removal as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser in May, following the controversial revelation in March that he added a journalist to a sensitive military planning Signal chat.

While Waltz denied being removed from his previous post and asserted no classified information was shared, Democratic Senators Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, and Cory Booker sharply criticized his judgment and ‘lack of accountability’ regarding the incident. Waltz’s potential arrival at the UN comes at a pivotal moment for the organization, which is grappling with significant financial instability, ongoing internal reforms, and persistent criticism over its efficiency and effectiveness in global peacemaking. Senator Mike Lee echoed the administration’s sentiment, suggesting Waltz’s appointment could be the UN’s ‘last chance to demonstrate its actual value to the United States.’

Waltz emphasized the need for U.S. contributions to directly align with national interests, aiming to eliminate ‘waste, fraud, and abuse endemic to the U.N. system.’ This nomination is the final cabinet position to be filled by the Trump administration, following months of delays.

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