Waltz is a former Green Beret and Florida representative who resigned from Congress to join the Trump administration. He served as national security adviser for roughly three months. Trump reshuffled his team and named Secretary of State Marco Rubio acting national security adviser on May 1.

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz portrayed the international body as bloated and rife with antisemitism during his confirmation hearing.

Mike Waltz has told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations that he plans to make the world body “great again,” echoing President Donald