"Diplomatic Gangster": Mike Waltz, our UN ambassador, Talks DOGE-ing the U.N. and the Iran War

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🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz sits down with Miranda Devine to explain where things stand in the Iran war. Waltz tells Miranda Israel had nothing to do with the President’s decision to strike Iran. Waltz also details his work to slash the U.N.’s woke, climate crazy bureaucracy and the connection between an Iranian operative and failed Butler assassin Thomas Crooks. Honeylove: Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/PODFORCEONE#honeylovepod OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PODFORCEONE at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Podforce One.
0:03.3	I'm Miranda Devine and today I'm coming to you from the United Nations Security Council.
0:09.1	Joining me is U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz.
0:13.2	Ambassador Walts, thank you very much for joining Podforce One.
0:16.2	Yeah, thrilled to be with you.
0:17.7	And we're in the most...
0:18.3	Last time was Air Force One.
0:19.4	It was in Pod Force One.
0:20.6	It seemed like a lifetime ago, really, but it was just a year. They're with you. And we're in the most... Last time was Air Force One. It was exactly. It seemed like a
0:21.8	lifetime ago, really, but it was just a year. They're Trump years. Yes. Yeah, exactly. Trump time.
0:27.6	And we're in this amazing room. Explain where we are. So we are in the chambers of the UN Security Council.
0:37.2	This is the place where we have our Security Council meetings.
0:43.4	There are five permanent members, the United States, UK, France, Russia, and China. The UN was
0:50.2	established post-World War II to essentially make sure we never have a war again that
0:57.8	had things like the Holocaust and the only exchange of nuclear weapons on cities.
1:05.6	And so I think-
1:06.5	Ironic that we're here today.
1:08.1	Right. And we're here today. So there's the five permanent members. We have vetoes.
1:12.8	And then there are 10 members that are elected and rotate on and off from the rest of the world.
1:19.6	But things like the buildup to the Cuban Missile Crisis, you know, Khrushchev banging his shoe on the podium happened right here.
1:31.4	If you remember the kind of the slam dunk from Colin Powell and build up to the Iraq War, all happened.
1:38.5	Wow.
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