Former US national security advisor to push MAGA agenda at the UN

Mike Waltz is expected to be the new the US ambassador to the UN. On his agenda: pressuring member states to align with US foreign policy and countering China. If confirmed, Mike Waltz, United States President Trump's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, vowed to drive big change in New York by taking a "block and tackle" approach to curb China's influence while working to reform the UN, a multilateral body with "potential" that after 80 years has become bureaucratically "bloated" and "drifted from its core mission of peacemaking." I am confident we can make the UN great again," Waltz said during his hearing. "There is some goodness to be done." On July 15, Waltz, 51, an accomplished US Army Green Beret, former policy advisor in the Bush administration, and a Republican member of Congress from his home state of Florida, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee seeking confirmation. The committee is a group within the US government that oversees foreign ...