WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump brushed aside warnings from the United Nations Wednesday that the 74-year-old organization risks being unable to pay its staff and bills if member nations don't cough up their annual dues soon.
The biggest delinquent payer in the world? The United States.
Washington owes the U.N. $381 million in back payments and $674 million this year, according to the U.S. mission to the U.N. As the largest contributor to the 193-member organization, the U.S. has long sought to pressure the U.N. to rein in spending.
Trump, who has openly questioned the value of the U.N., has made skepticism of multi-national organizations a central component of his foreign policy. Trump has demanded European countries contribute more to NATO and has pressed allies in Asia and the Middle East to rely less on U.S. military might and spend more on their own security.
You can't fault Enrique for trying but...
"The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots," Trump told his counterparts on Sept. 24. "The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations."
It's not that his view is wrong...it's just that his view doesn't matter.
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