U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said in an interview with Fox News today (May 6 Beijing time): "President Trump won’t be around forever to broker all these peace agreements. We need the United Nations to take a leadership role. We can’t always have a President Trump—one who is committed to peace—to lead this effort."
[Sarcastic] A few comments: Waltz’s remarks are nothing short of a double absurdity—blaming others and deifying Trump at the same time. On one hand, he portrays Trump as an irreplaceable 'peace savior,' as if Trump single-handedly kept global tensions under control; on the other, he immediately calls for the UN to step up and assume leadership. The underlying message couldn’t be clearer: all credit goes to the boss, while the mess is dumped onto international institutions. When it comes to defaulting on payments, breaking treaties, and dismissing multilateralism, they’re nowhere to be seen—but now that they need legitimacy or someone to clean up their mess, suddenly the UN becomes indispensable. This isn’t about seeking leadership—it’s about finding a respectable scapegoat to keep playing America First’s solo act.
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