Waltz - a retired Army Green Beret and former Republican lawmaker from Florida - is the last member of Trump’s cabinet awaiting likely confirmation by the U.S. Senate. On Tuesday, he appeared before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee as part of that process.
Washington is the U.N.’s largest contributor - followed by China - accounting for 22% of the core U.N. budget and 27% of the peacekeeping budget. The U.N. has said the U.S. currently owes a total of $2.8 billion, of which $1.5 billion is for the regular budget. These payments are not voluntary. The United States was also one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid donors, but the Trump administration has slashed billions of dollars in foreign assistance, including to U.N. agencies.
Waltz was Trump’s national security adviser until he was ousted on May 1 after he was caught up in a March scandal involving a Signal chat among top Trump national security aides. Trump then promptly nominated Waltz as his U.N. ambassador.
Waltz repeated long-held U.S. criticisms of the U.N. - that Washington pays too much at the 193-member world body, that it is anti-Israel and that China is building too much influence.
Since beginning his second term in January, Trump has maintained the wary stance on multilateralism that was a hallmark of his first term between 2017 and 2021.
When asked about Waltz’s confirmation hearing, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday: “Our message to all member states is: if you’re not fully pleased with what’s going on in this organization, engage with the other member states in this organization.”
- Reuters
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