US President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations comes within a context that confirms Trump’s keenness to strengthen US positions on international issues, especially with regard to strongly supporting Israel in international bodies and confronting the United Nations and organizations that He sees it adopting anti-Israel positions.
Stefanik, 40, is a prominent Republican supporter of Israel and has repeatedly criticized the United Nations, accusing it of anti-Semitism. Because of its positions towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Among her most recent controversial positions was her call last October for a “complete reassessment” of US funding for the United Nations, as a response to the Palestinian Authority’s attempt to condemn Israel internationally for human rights violations and war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.
UNRWA funding
One of its positions is also to support and support efforts to prevent funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considering that the agency is cooperating with the Palestinian Hamas movement.
The head of the Republican Conference in the House of Representatives – who is famous for being a staunch defender of Trump, who previously described her as a Republican star – has enjoyed a relatively long political career, which she began as a relatively moderate representative, before taking hard-line positions, in line with Trump’s tendencies, as she described it. Politico in its report on it.
Support Trump
She was elected to Congress in 2014, and quickly gained fame by taking on Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, where she was known for her tireless defense of him. During the impeachment hearings, she confronted then-Chairman of the Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff, and received the support of Trump, who described her as a “rising Republican star.”
In 2021, she refused to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election (which Joe Trump won over Donald Trump) after the Capitol events of January 6, embracing Trump’s claims that the election was “stolen,” which gained her further support within the party. Republican.
In addition to her support for Trump, Stefanik led efforts to reshape the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives, where she was able to remove her colleague Liz Cheney, who opposed Trump.
Most recently, she led hearings in the House of Representatives on the response to campus demonstrations denouncing Israel, and asked questions to university presidents about what she described as “confronting hatred against Jewish students,” which later led to the resignations of the presidents of Harvard and Pennsylvania universities.
On the foreign policy front, Stefanik’s experience was shaped by her membership on the House Armed Services Committee, where she chaired subcommittees on Special Operations, Emerging Threats, and Technology and Innovation. She also served on the House Intelligence Committee, participating in crafting tough policies toward China, whether through legislation imposing restrictions on Chinese companies or warnings about the danger of US dependence on Chinese infrastructure.
Its position on China
In a move that reflects her strict stance towards China, Stefanik submitted a draft law targeting the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, as this draft seeks to place DJI products on the Federal Communications Commission’s “prohibited” list, preventing the use of its products within the American communications infrastructure.
The House of Representatives approved the bill in September, becoming one of many bills related to China that are expected to be enacted within the framework of defense legislation.
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Its position on the war in Ukraine
As for her position on the war in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, Trump’s nominee for the position of Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations was initially supportive of the aid packages sent to strengthen Ukrainian defenses, and participated in supporting laws imposing sanctions on Russia.
But later, she refused to support a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine in light of the migrant crisis on the US border with Mexico, stressing that she supports arming Ukraine but objects to increasing non-military aid at a time when the United States is facing internal crises.
As for her future ambitions, observers believe, according to the Politico report, that Stefanik, due to her extensive experience in fundraising and party leadership, may remain in the leadership of the House of Representatives for a long time, and may aspire to greater positions such as running for the Senate or governor of New York State.
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Hence, the position of Ambassador to the United Nations is considered an important step in her career, as a number of figures who held this position later moved on to assume other high-ranking positions, such as Madeleine Albright, who became Secretary of State, and Susan Rice and Samantha Power, who held other leadership positions in national security.
The appointment of Stefanik to the position of US Ambassador to the United Nations carries important implications, as it will strengthen the presence of the Trump administration’s pro-Israel positions, and strengthen his tendency to confront international institutions that he sees as biased against his allies.
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