The United Nations needs reform and the United States must have a strong voice to counter China, Mike Waltz, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be his U.N. envoy, said on Tuesday, adding that he is "confident we can make the U.

Fox News State Department and foreign policy correspondent Gillian Turner reports on the hearing confirmation of Mike Waltz for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on 'Special Report.'

President Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, emerged Tuesday from a Senate confirmation hearing largely unscathed over his role in mistakenly adding a journalist to a group chat discussing sensitive military attack plans against the Houthis in Yemen.

With the change, the Trump administration has also backed away from a signature effort to stay ahead of China in the A.I. race. The U.S. government had been concerned that the Chinese military could use A.I. chips to coordinate attacks and develop weapons and had also wanted to preserve the U.S. lead in developing A.I. systems.

Trump’s UN envoy pick Mike Waltz urges urgent reform, pledges to counter China’s influence, backs UN staff cuts, and calls for stronger US leadership and transparency at the global body.

In his role as ambassador to the world body, Mike Waltz pledged to veto what he described as a disproportionate number of anti-Israel resolutions.

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

Resignations, including of former UN rights chief, come as the US imposes sanctions on international anti-Israel investigators The post Three members of UN commission investigating Israel resign amid Trump crackdown appeared first on The Times of Israel.