UN ‘upset’ that Trump took ‘daring motion’ to enhance Venezuela, says Mike Waltz

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz informed "Hannity" on Tuesday why he believes the UN is "so upset" about President Donald Trump's seize of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

"Over 50 international locations did not even acknowledge Maduro as a result of he stole the election. So, it is arduous to determine what they’re so upset about," Waltz informed Fox Information host Sean Hannity.

"I feel we all know the reply. It is as a result of it is President Trump, and he is a person of motion and took actual motion. And now the Venezuelan individuals are going to be higher off," he added.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets his supporters throughout a rally in Caracas on Dec. 1, 2025. (Pedro Mattey/Anadolu by way of Getty Photographs)

Waltz’s feedback got here after the UN mentioned Tuesday america’ removing of Venezuela’s Maduro violates worldwide legislation and makes the world much less protected.

Maduro is at the moment being held within the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, N.Y. — a facility infamous for housing high-profile criminals like disgraced musician Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jeffrey Epstein’s confederate Ghislaine Maxwell.

He pleaded not responsible to 4 prison prices, together with narco-terrorism.

Waltz applauded the president for taking "actual motion" towards the South American strongman.

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Venezuelan residents have a good time throughout a rally on the Colombia-Venezuela border after the affirmation of Nicolas Maduro's seize this early morning in Caracas, on January 3, 2026 in Cucuta, Colombia. (Jair F. Coll/Getty Photographs)

"The world is safer, stronger and positively extra affluent due to it," Waltz argued.

China, Russia and Iran are amongst a number of nations which have criticized the administration’s actions towards the dictator.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz raises his hand to vote in favor of a draft decision authorizing an Worldwide Stabilization Power in Gaza on Nov. 17, 2025. (Adam Grey/Getty)

However, the Trump-appointed ambassador maintained dethroning Maduro was a sensible choice from the commander-in-chief.

"This was the appropriate factor to do," mentioned Waltz. "President Trump took daring motion and can proceed to swing and DOGE that ridiculous group referred to as the United Nations."

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Waltz additionally touted defunding the UN's Human Rights Council, a transfer he mentioned was made attainable by the Trump administration.

"We simply pushed and pressed the UN to agree to chop over 3,000 of its bureaucrats, its first price range minimize in its historical past. So we're DOGE-ing away," he mentioned.