NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz about President Trump's visit to the U.N. General Assembly and whether progress has been made on key issues. Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump's ambassador to the United Nations has been listening with us, and he's on the line. Ambassador Mike Waltz, welcome.MIKE WALTZ: Hey. Good to be with you, Steve.INSKEEP: Thanks for joining us. Now, as we just heard from Deepa, the president described three hours of talks, which we believe are between his envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran's foreign minister. What are the elements of that discussion? What's on the table?WALTZ: Well, always on the table, Steve - and the president's been quite clear about this in terms of our strategic objectives - is Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. And I just want to remind everyone, as the U.N. ambassador, that's not just President Trump's position. That has been multiple presidents' position for decades now, and in fact, it's been the entire world's position. There have been U.N. resolutions after U.N. resolution for the better part of 20 years, with...INSKEEP: Sure.WALTZ: ...The entire world joining us, that Iran just cannot...

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