Monday, December 25, 2017

U.S. Says It Has Negotiated A $285M Reduction In The U.N. Budget



New Your Times: Taking Credit for U.N. Budget Cut, Trump’s Envoy Hints at More to Come

At least four times in the past week, the Trump administration has linked financial support for the United Nations to compliance with American demands.

First President Trump and his ambassador, Nikki R. Haley, fumed that all countries with seats on the Security Council except the United States had opposed American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and his decision to put the United States Embassy there.

Then Mr. Trump dared the General Assembly to follow the Security Council’s example. “Let them vote against us,” he said. “We will save a lot.”

When the General Assembly voted 128 to 9 against the Americans, Ms. Haley said she would take names and remember them the next time the United States was asked for financial help from members who disagreed with its stance on Jerusalem.

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Haley announces $285M cut in 2018-19 UN operating budget -- FOX News
Nikki Haley announces $285 million cut to United Nations budget -- Washington Examiner
Nikki Haley negotiates $285M cut in ‘bloated’ UN budget -- NYPost

2 comments:

RaceAll said...

cut away..if things aren't bad enough now wait till the nk issue gets going..you will quickly figure out where the rest of the lines are drawn...

Anonymous said...

" she would take names and remember them the next time the United States was asked for financial help " LOL
Iran , south china sea , North Korea . Yep everyone know who's going to who .