Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former national security adviser to the US, defended the taxpayer-funded war on Iran during a CNN town hall after a debt-ridden college student asked about the impact of the war on his life. Critics are calling this response an "embarrassing" and "horrible" response. Waltz praised President Donald Trump for making "tough decisions" regarding the Iran war, stating that the country's "genocidal terroristic regime" holds a generation hostage with nuclear weapons. He also highlighted the president's policies, including those of housing, tax cuts, energy policies, and lower prescription drug prices.