Trump’s final Cabinet pick, Mike Waltz, confirmed by Senate in narrow vote

The Senate confirms the last member of the president Donald Trump’s After months of delays by Senate Democrats, the cabinet on Friday.

Legislators confirmed Mike Waltz will be Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations with a bipartisan 47-45 vote. Sens. John FettmanD-Pa. , Dn.H. Jeanne Shaheen and D-Ariz. Mark Kelly crossed the aisle to confirm him.

R-Ky. Senator Rand Paul is the only Republican who opposed his confirmation – he also voted against Waltz’s vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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The Senate confirmed that Mike Waltz was President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations after months of delays. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Waltz’s confirmation ends the gap of nearly 9 months, and no representation in the United States United Nationsas the organization prepares for the conference in New York City next week.

Waltz, a retired Army National Guard colonel and former Green Beret, was previously a Florida House Republican and then hired as Trump’s national security adviser.

But after the “Signal Gate” controversy, he was fired in his post in the National Security Council, Waltz added a reporter to a group chat with the Minister of War Pete HegsethCIA Director John Ratcliffe, Vice President JD Vance and others discuss the strike in Yemen.

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“It’s awkward. We’re going to be in trouble,” Walz said, “It’s awkward. We’re going to be in trouble.”

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The move comes after he canceled Rep. Elise Stefanik of RN.Y. from the post. At the time, Trump cited concerns about losing her from the House of Representatives would allow legislation to pass, especially his “big and beautiful bill”, given the Republican majority in the lower room.

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President Donald Trump addressed reporters as he left Washington’s White House on Sunday, September 7, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/AP photo)

Still, waltz is censored Senate Democrats At a confirmation hearing in July, lawmakers accused the former House Republican of taking a “amateur” move as they incorporated journalists into sensitive conversations. Walz pushed back the classified information that was not shared in the chat.

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During the hearing, Waltz advocated for reform at the United Nations and believed that “we should have a place in the world where we can talk.”

“China, Russia, Europe, developing countries can unite and resolve conflicts,” he said. “But 80 years later, it stands out from the core mission of building peace.”