FILE: Trump withdraws Stefanik nomination for UN envoy

Record ID: 1986201

  • Title: FILE: Trump withdraws Stefanik nomination for UN envoy
  • Date: 27th March 2025
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 15, 2019) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) WIDE SHOT OF REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE DEVIN NUNES CALLING ON COLLEAGUE, REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE ELISE STEFANIK, TO ASK QUESTIONS (SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE, ELISE STEFANIK, IN AN EXCHANGE WITH DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SCHIFF AND REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE DEVIN NUNES, SAYIN
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  • Keywords: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STEFANIK TRUMP UN
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  • Country: US
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA004221127032025RP1
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  • Story Text: U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to the United Nations has been withdrawn, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch said on Thursday (March 27).
    Republican Representative Elise Stefanik is a close Trump ally and was chosen by the president for the role less than a week after he was elected in November. CBS News first reported that Stefanik's nomination was in jeopardy.
    "I have been notified by the White House. She's been withdrawn," Risch told reporters.
    A spokesperson for Stefanik did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
    Republicans are concerned about a tight majority in the House of Representatives. Trump's Republicans currently hold a 218 to 213 majority in the House of Representatives, where there are four vacancies.
    Trump said in February that the U.N. has "great potential and ... we'll continue to go along with it, but they got to get their act together." The U.N. pushed back at the time, saying Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had worked tirelessly to implement reforms.
    Since returning to office on January 20, Trump has stopped U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council, extended a halt to funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and ordered a review of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO. He has also announced U.S. plans to quit the Paris climate deal and the World Health Organization.
    (Production: Deborah Lutterbeck)
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