On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
Ambassador to the United Nations
3 things Mike Waltz said, verbatim, from September 21, 2026 to September 27, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Positions
Disputes
“What we’re seeing in the war in Ukraine is that it is spreading to the global economy, and it’s all the more reason that the president wants the war to stop,”
Washington Examiner Trump rejects Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz ›
Others on this question
“Over the last 48 hours, nearly 40 million barrels of oil have transited the strait.”
More on the record
As printed
“The president is absolutely within his rights to limit journalists to government facilities, particularly when, in his opinion, they’re not behaving as good-faith journalists”
on defending Trump's ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
Breitbart News Mike Waltz: Trump Was 'Spot On' Banning CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House ›
As printed
“it throws things out there and then puts a little baby correction that nobody pays attention to and it sticks to people like napalm”
on accusing banned outlets of reckless reporting to justify the ban
Breitbart News Mike Waltz: Trump Was 'Spot On' Banning CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House ›
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