Mike Waltz

To dismantle missile capabilities that threaten allies, to degrade naval assets used to destabilize international waters, and to disrupt the machinery that arms proxy militias, and to ensure the Iranian regime never, ever can threaten the world with a nuclear weapon.

At a Security Council meeting on the Middle East, U.S.

Ambassador Mike Waltz was again calling on countries to support the Board of Peace.

He says it will announce over $5 billion, and he dismisses criticism about the makeup of the board from, as he puts it, the chattering classes.

27 nations have formally joined.

Only one country, Indonesia, has so far committed to sending troops to a stabilization force.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Washington.

President Trump is a man of action.

Not endless talk like we see at the United Nations.

He has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter.

And no one should know that better than the leadership of the Iranian regime.

We're swinging, we're swinging hard.

We're gonna clean it up and get it focused on the right things.

And again, the president's what, nine, 10 peace deals in.

We put that international stamp on a number of them.

We're sharing the burden, pushing these countries in the right direction, but it's all under his leadership.

Ambassador Michael Waltz, so great having you with us.

We've spoken to you when you were in Congress, a top surrogate for Donald Trump, the White House National Security Advisor, and now you're in a new role, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

I want to go back to your first week on the job.

Trump speaks at the UN, the escalator breaks with him on it, his microphone malfunctions, the teleprompter breaks.