President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations threatened his Iranian counterpart in an appearance on Fox Business.
U.S. envoy Mike Waltz clashed with Iran's UN ambassador Saeid Iravani at an emergency meeting Sunday of the UN Security Council after the president ordered joint airstrikes with Israel that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders, after the Iranian envoy urged American representatives to "be polite."
"Frankly, I’m not going to dignify this with another response, especially as this representative sits here in this body representing a regime that has killed tens of thousands of its own people and imprisoned many more simply for wanting freedom from your tyranny," Waltz said at the meeting.
Waltz appeared Wednesday morning on Maria Bartiromo's program, where he apparently threatened Iravani on air.
"You know, I'm going to bekind here," Waltz said, "but it wouldn'tsurprise me if this guy ends upknocking on our door for asylum.This regime is falling apart, and they have abused,imprisoned, tortured their ownpeople for far too long.They've threatened the world forfar too long."
Bartiromo asked if Iravani's comments were threatening, and Waltz said the Iranian envoy had better watch himself while he's in New York City – although the United Nation is considered to be international land.
"I can't say how many Americansoldiers the Iranians have killedeither at their hands or theirproxies," Waltz said. "I'm a Green Beret, not my firstfirefight, and he should becareful with his words sittingon American soil, and I'll justleave it at that."