The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.

Quiz question: What country surpasses Haiti, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo as a deadbeat and rogue nation?

Answer: In the halls of the United Nations, it’s the good old U.S.A.

The Trump administration is delinquent in U.N. dues, while 141 countries — including those mentioned above — are fully paid up. And while other countries at least pretend to advance peace in the spirit of the United Nations, President Trump used his U.N. speech to threaten to “annihilate” Iran and “drive them into hell.” It was a rare instance of a world leader taking to the U.N. podium to........

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