Sall praised Trump as a “peace builder” and said the United States must remain at the center of the UN system. But he also agreed that the organization has become too expensive, too bureaucratic and too ineffective — and said it must be reformed if it wants to remain relevant.

His message was unusually direct for a UN leadership candidate. Sall said the UN must cut costs, reduce overlapping mandates, improve accountability and focus more on prevention instead of wasting money on peacekeeping missions that can drag on for decades without results.

For Israel, this matters. The UN has spent years targeting Israel with obsessive resolutions while failing to stop Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and other terror threats from destabilizing the region. A secretary-general candidate who recognizes the need for reform — and who is prepared to work with Washington rather than against it — could mark a major shift.