Overview

• President Donald Trump announced on August 9 that he will nominate State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce as U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations, pending Senate confirmation.
• The U.N. ambassadorship has been vacant since the start of Trump’s second term, and Mike Waltz’s stalled confirmation vote has held up consideration of the deputy post.
• Bruce has served as the chief spokesperson for the State Department since January 2025, raising questions about who will fill her press office duties if she moves to the U.N.
• If confirmed, Bruce would receive the rank of ambassador and serve under the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., assuming full duties in that envoy’s absence.
• The nomination continues Trump’s pattern of promoting conservative media figures to senior diplomatic positions in his administration.