Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, raised eyebrows Wednesday after hailing Donald Trump ― on Sean Hannity’s Fox Information present ― the “peace President,” at the same time as footage of U.S. assaults on Iran performed on a cut up display screen.
Hannity had described the strikes as “a possibility for the world to nip one thing within the bud to stop a future catastrophe which in my thoughts can be incalculable.”
“That’s completely proper,” replied Waltz, who left his former Trump administration function as nationwide safety adviser in Could 2025 following the so-called Sign-gate scandal.
“President Trump is a peace president,” Waltz added, arguing that Trump had given diplomacy with Iran “an opportunity on a number of events” however wouldn’t wait “till a diabolical, fanatic regime had absolutely useful ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] with a nuke on the tip.”
Critics on social media famous the jarring distinction between Waltz’s declare and the footage taking part in alongside him. Others likened the second to one thing out of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.”