President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce to serve as deputy representative to the United Nations.
“I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Tammy Bruce, a Great Patriot, Television Personality, and Bestselling Author, as our next Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social, adding that Bruce has been “serving with distinction” in her current role as State Department spokesperson and “will represent our Country brilliantly at the United Nations."
Bruce has been one of the State Department’s most public figures in the first six months of Trump’s second term, helming regular press briefings on the administration’s foreign policy.
Her nomination comes at a time when the United States does not have a permanent leader at the United Nations; Mike Waltz — who briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser — had his confirmation hearing to be the U.N. ambassador last month, but the full Senate has yet to vote on his nomination.
Trump initially tapped Bruce, a former Fox News contributor, for the State Department role in January, adding to his lengthy list of administration picks from the conservative network.
Bruce had been a longtime Democrat and self-described liberal activist before making a hard pivot into conservative politics and eventually supporting Trump’s MAGA cause.
The position of deputy representative to the U.N. is Senate-confirmed, setting up the former spokesperson to come under lawmakers’ scrutiny.
If confirmed, Bruce would enter the role at a time when the Trump administration's policy decisions — particularly its firm support for Israel amid growing criticism from the global community over its Gaza offensive — have put the U.S. at odds with longtime allies.
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