Mike Waltz

32nd U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; former National Security Advisor — U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Signature issue: UN reform and value for U.S. taxpayer money at the United Nations

Scoreboard tally

Wins, pending items, and setbacks on this profile are tallied from published scoreboard entries — never set by hand. The tally begins with the first reviewed weekly entry that scores this official.

Role status — October 2026: Waltz is the incumbent U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, sworn in September 20, 2025 after Senate confirmation on September 19, 2025 (47–43). His path to the job runs through the administration’s first major personnel upheaval: he served as the 29th National Security Advisor from January to May 2025 and was removed after the Signal group-chat episode; President Trump nominated him for the UN post on May 1, 2025, with Secretary Rubio serving as National Security Advisor in the interim. The UN seat had its own churn — Elise Stefanik was the original nominee and withdrew, and Dorothy Shea served as acting ambassador in the gap.

At the UN, his stated mission, in a Fox News Digital interview, is demanding UN reform and value for U.S. taxpayer money: “we will get the American taxpayers’ money’s worth” out of the institution. A one-year-on assessment (Bloomberg Government, September 21, 2026) framed his position as working with the UN while his boss criticizes it.

The Signal episode remains the central attributed criticism on his record: his removal as National Security Advisor followed the group-chat incident, as reported at the time and recited in his confirmation history. His UN speeches — including defending U.S./Israeli strikes on Iran at an emergency Security Council meeting, carried by C-SPAN — are the ongoing primary record of his tenure.

Verified channels:

Personal X: x.com/michaelgwaltz (listed in his own podcast/link pages; his post-confirmation thanks were posted on X)

Video sources: LOUD–MODERATE. UN Security Council speeches carried as primary video (including via C-SPAN), plus frequent Fox News interviews. No verified personal YouTube channel was found in research.

Why he matters to this chronicle: Waltz’s profile holds two stories this site tracks: the first senior-level removal of the second term — the NSA-to-UN succession that also made Rubio National Security Advisor — and the administration’s running fight over the UN’s funding and purpose, which scores in the Foreign Policy category.

Sources (Oct 2026): White House nomination statement / govinfo (May 1, 2025); Wikipedia cross-check on confirmation and swearing-in dates; Bloomberg Government one-year assessment (Sep 21, 2026); Fox News Digital interview on his UN agenda; C-SPAN clip of his Security Council remarks.