Donald Trump officially nominated former Fox News host and current State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the United States deputy representative to the United Nations.
The news went public over the weekend in a post on Trump’s Truth Social page, where he promoted Bruce as a “Great Patriot, Television Personality and Bestselling Author” and promised she would “represent America brilliantly” if confirmed.
Bruce, who has served as the State Department’s spokesperson since the start of Trump’s second term in January, has been the administration’s most public foreign policy defender. She has explained Trump’s controversial crackdown on immigration to describing the deployment of private military contractors to deliver humanitarian assistance in Gaza, upholding the White House position on the global stage.
Before joining the administration, Bruce spent as much as 20 years as a right-wing pundit on Fox News and wrote some politically provocative books, such as Fear Itself: Exposing the Left’s Mind-Killing Agenda. Her switch from media into diplomacy is a significant step away from her beginnings, but Trump claims that she has proven in the past to be able to speak for US interests abroad. “Since the beginning of my Second Term, Tammy has been serving the State Department with distinction as Spokesperson, where she performed magnificently,” he wrote.
If confirmed by the Senate, Bruce would serve under Trump’s nominee for UN ambassador, Republican Rep. Mike Waltz, whose nomination is pending. In the meantime, veteran diplomat Dorothy Shea, who served as deputy ambassador in 2024, was holding the post of US representative to the United Nations.
While Trump’s constituency perceives Bruce’s nomination as a solid choice that brings an accomplished communicator to a key diplomatic position, opponents are already questioning whether her background in the media is adequate to the complexity of UN bargaining. Still, Trump appears to be confident that foreign service will be served by her political acumen, media perception, and loyalty.
Bruce has made no public statement regarding the nomination, and the State Department has not provided insight into when she might assume office if confirmed. The Senate confirmation process will determine how quickly she transitions from Washington briefings to high-pressure negotiations at UN headquarters in New York.
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