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Trump Transforms the UN’s Failures Into American Savings

As the 81st session of the United Nations Assembly concludes, President Donald Trump has departed after keeping the pressure on the U.N. to reform.

Trump lambasted the U.N. for “criticizing the United States for protecting our children from transgender mutilization and transgender insanity.” The president observed that U.N. agencies seem to have “little to say about the persecution of Christians” while they routinely heap scorn on Israel. Additionally, he said that they want “America to open our borders to gangs and criminals from the world’s most dangerous places.”

Since the president returned to the Oval Office, he has put the U.N. on notice: End your nonsense or face deep U.S. funding cuts. They haven’t, and cuts have followed.

To date, his administration says it has saved the American people over $1 billion by making cuts to the bloated U.N. bureaucracy with a 15% cut in its regular budget ($570 million) and another 12% cut to its endless peacekeeping operations ($549 million). This reportedly includes cuts to 4,000 jobs.

Over the years international organizations in general have expanded their remits. The U.N. in particular has forgotten its original mission, which its charter identifies as consisting in preserving peace and security, encouraging nations to cooperate to solve problems, and protecting human rights and........

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