UN ‘upset’ that Trump took ‘bold action’ to improve Venezuela, says Mike Waltz
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told “Hannity” on Tuesday why he believes the UN is “so upset” by President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
“Over 50 countries didn’t even recognize Maduro because he stole the election. So it’s hard to understand what they’re so upset about,” Waltz told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
“I think we know the answer. It’s because President Trump himself is a man of action and he’s taken real action. And now the Venezuelan people will be better off,” he added.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets his supporters during a rally in Caracas on December 1, 2025. (Pedro Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Waltz’s comments came after the UN said on Tuesday that the US’s removal of Venezuela’s Maduro violated international law and made the world less safe.
Maduro is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY; it’s a facility famous for housing high-profile criminals like disgraced musician Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
He denied four charges, including narco-terrorism.
Waltz applauded the president for taking “real action” against the South American dictator.
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Venezuelan citizens celebrate during a rally at the Colombia-Venezuela border following the confirmation of the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Caracas early this morning in Cucuta, Colombia, on January 3, 2026. (Jair F. Coll/Getty Images)
“The world is safer, stronger and certainly more prosperous because of it,” Waltz argued.
China, Russia and Iran are among several countries that have criticized the administration’s actions against the dictator.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz raises his hand to vote in favor of the resolution authorizing the establishment of the International Stabilization Force in Gaza on November 17, 2025. (Adam Gray/Getty)
However, the ambassador appointed by Trump argued that dethroning Maduro was a good choice for the commander in chief.
“It was the right thing to do,” Waltz said. “President Trump took a bold action and will continue to bow down and DOGE that ridiculous organization called the United Nations.”
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Waltz also touted defunding the UN Human Rights Council, which he said was made possible by the Trump administration.
“We pressured the UN to agree to lay off more than 3,000 bureaucrats, the first budget cut in its history. That’s why we’re leaving DOGE,” he said.
