Nominee for US deputy ambassador to UN calls for reforms at 'ineffective' global body

President Donald Trump's nominee to be US deputy ambassador to the United Nations urged "bold reform" of what she called the "bloated, unfocused and ineffective" global organization during her confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Tammy Bruce told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United Nations has lost the confidence of the American people and it's time for its 193 member nations to return to its founding mission — to maintain international peace and security.

"I believe the UN is important and must be revitalized so it can continue to serve the people of the United States and the people of the world," the former State Department spokesperson said. Bruce, a former Fox News Channel contributor, said countries working together can facilitate peace as the UN Security Council did this week in endorsing Trump's plan for Gaza following two years of war.

Sen. James Risch, the committee chairman, said he is "no fan" of the UN and asked Bruce how she could help "course correct the UN from the horrible antisemitic course it is on" if confirmed.

Bruce said the Trump administration cannot and will not support "the proliferation of divisive concepts like DEI and gender ideology as well as a continuation of hateful anti-Israel bias." Sen Jeanne Shaheen, the ranking Democrat, said the US failure to pay its UN dues in full "is weakening peacekeeping when global stability is already under strain" and asked Bruce how she would address this risk to American interests if confirmed.

Bruce said she is committed "to ensuring US funding to the UN advances policies and priorities that strictly add value to American taxpayers and American foreign policy interests." Trump appointed Bruce as deputy representative to the UN in August after roughly six months at the State Department. She has been working at the US mission to the UN as a public delegate and will replace deputy ambassador Dorothy Shea, a career diplomat, if confirmed by the Senate.

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