President Donald Trump will use his address to the United Nations General Assembly this week to champion national sovereignty, celebrate a growing list of peace agreements, and draw a sharp contrast with the globalist agenda that has dominated the institution for decades.
According to Breitbart News, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz offered an exclusive preview of Trumps message, underscoring that the president will lean into themes that defined his first term while pressing Americas case on the world stage. Trump is scheduled to speak in New York on Tuesday before a series of meetings with foreign leaders, and Waltz used his appearance on Breitbart News Saturday with host Matthew Boyle to outline how the administration intends to turn a forum long beloved by global elites into a platform for unapologetic American leadership.
Ill just state from the get-go. I know a lot of your listeners are saying, Why do we even bother with this crazy place? Waltz remarked, acknowledging conservative skepticism toward the U.N. Believe me, I get it. But its one of those things if we didnt invent it, somebody else would without us. And I dont want to see 192 countries out there trying to make the rules of the world without the United States of America, without President Trumps leadership.
The ambassador stressed that the annual gathering from September 22-28 remains uniquely important, even for those wary of multilateral institutions that often undermine national decision-making. He noted that this is the one place in the world once a year where you get over 150 prime ministers, presidents, foreign ministers, finance ministers, CEOs, all to come and convene, and I do think you need one place in the world where everyone can come and talk.
Pressed by Boyle on what the world should expect from Trumps speech, Waltz said the president will stay true to the themes that animated his first term and his current campaign. From the presidents perspective, youre going to hear a lot of what you heard for his entire time in office; about sovereignty, about pushing back on a globalist agenda, about the peace deals that he has helped craft over the last year eight and counting and some that we still have in the works.
That message will be paired with a hard line on one of the gravest threats facing the West: a nuclear-armed Iran. Youre going to hear where hes been very clear that the Iranian regime can never have a nuclear weapon, Waltz said, signaling that Trump will use the U.N. platform to rally support for a tougher stance after years of what conservatives view as appeasement under President Joe Biden.
The administrations focus on Tehran has been echoed by other senior officials who see Bidens Iran policy as dangerously weak. Last month, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker stated that the number one goal in Iran is getting a deal done that guarantees, forever, that Iran does not possess nuclear weapons, while in early September Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that the Iran war was needed because the regime was within weeks of a nuclear weapon because of the disastrous policies of the Biden administration.
Waltz emphasized that Trump is very focused on preventing the Islamic Republic from ever acquiring nuclear arms, framing the U.N. appearance as another opportunity to build pressure. He said the president is determined to keep nukes out of the hands of the Iranians, and this will be a moment to continue that diplomacy.
Beyond Iran, Waltz said Trump will address the war in Ukraine, which he argued is a direct consequence of Bidens weakness and strategic missteps. Trump is trying to end the largest land war in Europe that never should have happened, that started under Joe Biden, Waltz noted, making clear that the administration will contrast its approach with what conservatives see as the current White Houses muddled and open-ended strategy.
The ambassador also previewed that Trumps remarks will touch on broader cross-cutting issues that transcend traditional diplomatic talking points. Among them is artificial intelligence (AI), where Waltz said the president will raise questions about what the role of government is in regards to it, signaling a desire to shape global norms in a way that protects innovation, security, and American competitiveness.
Waltz further indicated that Trump will highlight critical but often overlooked infrastructure that underpins the modern economy and national security. I think finally youre going to see all of these other issues that may not be [in] the headlines, but are incredibly important, like undersea cables that move in international waterways on seabed floors that move 90 percent of global data, the ambassador continued, pointing to a domain where authoritarian regimes like China and Russia are aggressively expanding their reach.
For Waltz, these emerging challenges only reinforce why a strong, assertive United States cannot afford to cede ground in international forums to bureaucrats and hostile powers. With issues that extend beyond U.S. borders, he argued that we need to be able to be in there and leading and fighting and winning for American industry, and for our values, and for the American people.
He criticized the bipartisan foreign-policy establishment for allowing Americas influence to erode in precisely these arenas where rules and standards are set. For too long administration after administration, frankly, on both sides of the aisles we have just been absent at the table, Waltz added. And I can tell you, Im in there. Were fighting and winning, and the presidents got a great team around.
Looking ahead to the broader U.S. agenda at the U.N., Waltz said Secretary of State Marco Rubio will engage on the strategic implications of shifting global trade routes as Arctic Sea ice recedes. Those changes, he explained, would allow shipping to bypass global choke points like the Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz, [and the] Strait of Malacca, adding that there is a lot of change afoot, and signaling that this administration intends to confront that change from a position of strength rather than surrendering it to global planners and rival powers.
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