UN Ambassador Mike Waltz:
"The Cuban regime is a national security threat and this administration is not going to stand for it any longer"
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Waltz Warns Iran Trump Patience Limited
U.S. Ambassador Waltz to Iran:
Trump’s Patience “Is Not Unlimited”
Waltz Confronts Iran Envoy at UN
US Ambassador Waltz to Iran Ambassador at the UN:
“This is not Tehran, you will not silence this body.”
Waltz Warns Iran on Shipping Attacks
MIKE WALTZ: "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response... they're sadly mistaken, and they saw that loud and clear over the last few nights."
Waltz Criticizes UK Defense Spending
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz:
"The British have a real problem on their hands in terms of their social spending compared to their defense spending. We need allies with real capability."
Waltz on Unfrozen Funds Escrow Plan
Waltz: "Those unfrozen funds are going to go into escrow. We control it. And they buy excess farmer crops."
Waltz Vows to Destroy Iran Nuclear Program
US Ambassador to UN, Waltz:
We're going to keep their nuclear program destroyed and have it permanently destroyed as opposed to the past where it was ongoing and we were basically bribing them to not continue. It's a totally different negotiation dynamic.
Waltz Warns Iran on U.S. Military Presence
Waltz: Large U.S. military forces will remain in the region. If Iran fails to meet its commitments, the blockade will be reimposed.
US Envoy Waltz on Iran Nuclear Deal
US Ambassador to UN, Waltz:
"There will not be upfront 'cash,' so to speak, that we saw in the Obama deal, in the JCPOA, with literally pallets of cash... and secondarily, this is all about verification... I can promise you that we are not going to have these massive loopholes, whether it's working with the UN's IAEA or other form of inspectors."
Waltz Says Trump Prioritizes Diplomacy
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz:
"No one here is bombing their way to a deal ... this president has always put diplomacy first"
Waltz Condemns Drone Strike Near UAE Plant
U.S. UN Ambassador Waltz on the drone strike that set off a fire near the UAE's nuclear power station: "Unacceptable escalation."
Waltz Warns Against Nuclear-Armed Regime
US Ambassador to UN, Mike Waltz: "The world cannot have a genocidal, aggressive regime with its hand on a nuclear button"
Iran Attacked Chinese Tanker Near UAE
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz: Iran attacked a Chinese tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates this week
Waltz: Iran Will Join Nuclear Talks
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz:
We are confident that Iran will participate in the negotiations and abandon its obsession with acquiring nuclear weapons.
US Envoy Defends Strikes on IRGC Sites
US Ambassador to UN Waltz: "Bridges, power plants that are run by the IRGC are absolute legitimate military targets, not only now, but have been historically. That is a false, fake, and ridiculous notion that this is some type of war crime."
US Envoy Says IRGC in Disarray
US Ambassador to UN Waltz:
The IRGC "is in absolute disarray because of the devastating attacks across its leadership...It's the blockade; the U.S. Navy, and President Trump, who's ultimately deciding what gets in and out. Trump has completely turned the tables on Iran's attempt to hold the entire world's economies hostage."
Vance to Lead US Delegation for Iran Talks
U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz says JD Vance will lead the American delegation to Islamabad for talks with Iran. - ABC News
Waltz Defends Trump Blockade of Iran
US Amb. to the UN Mike Waltz on Trumps' blockade of Iran:
"What President Trump has done is taken that leverage, taken Iran trying to hold the entire world’s economies hostage, taken that off the table now, with this action."
Waltz Slams Iran, Russia, China at UN
US Ambassador to UN, Mike Waltz:
"No one should tolerate that they are holding the global economy at GUNPOINT, but today, Russia and China did tolerate it!"
"Iran is a direct threat to international peace and security. It is responsible for its own thuggery, and it ALONE is responsible for the ramifications."
Waltz: Bombing Iran Nuclear Plant
“Bombing Iran’s nuclear power plant is not off the table,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said.
Waltz Comments on Iran Missile Launch
Mike Waltz on Iranian missile launch towards Diego Garcia:
"That same type of missile, Iran has lied about, in terms of its development, and said they were not developing, yet they just [launched] it.
Waltz Warns Iran on U.S. Red Lines
Mike Waltz on Iran: "The president is not messing around. He stands, unlike his predecessors, by his red lines, and he's not going to allow this genocidal regime to hold the world's energy supplies or economies hostage."
Waltz Won't Rule Out Iran Strike
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz asked if Trump would bomb an Iranian nuclear power plant:
"I would never take anything off the table for the president."
-CBS