Mike Waltz confirmed by Senate as Trump’s UN ambassador
The article reports that Mike Waltz, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the ambassador to the United Nations after a prolonged delay. The Senate confirmed Waltz with a 47-43 vote, just before Trump was scheduled to attend the U.N. General assembly in New York City. Waltz’s nomination faced important opposition from Democrats, causing delays and procedural hurdles, including having his nomination sent back to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee twice for technical reasons. Despite the challenges, Waltz’s confirmation was part of a broader, expedited batch of Trump governance nominees approved under new Senate rules that circumvented Democratic resistance.
Mike Waltz confirmed by Senate as Trump’s UN ambassador after monthslong delay
President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, was confirmed by the Senate on Friday.
Waltz, who was Trump’s national security adviser, was confirmed 47-43.
Waltz’s confirmation came ahead of Trump’s attendance at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City next week, where he is set to speak. Trump adviser Jason Miller had said it would be a “terrible look” if the Senate did not confirm Waltz before Trump addressed the assembly.
Trump nominated the now-U.N. ambassador in May, when he was removed as national security adviser after he inadvertently added a journalist from the Atlantic to a Signal group chat in which sensitive attack plans were discussed.
Waltz’s nomination, among dozens of other lower-level nominees, was slow-walked by Democrats, who refused to offer their support for Trump’s picks, forcing the upper chamber to alter its rules to bypass their opposition. The Senate approved its first batch of nominees using its new rules, which allow several nominations to be considered at once, on Thursday, along party lines.
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But the path to Waltz’s confirmation has been difficult. Democrats forced Waltz’s nomination, which was advanced out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in July, to be sent back to the committee for not being “properly reported” to the chamber due to the use of proxy or voice votes.
He was voted out of the committee for a second time on Wednesday, 11-10, after ranking member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) voted “yes” and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) voted “no.”
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