U.S. taxpayers “will not pay more than 25 percent of the [United Nations] peacekeeping budget,” Ambassador Nikki Haley told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.
“We pledge to work with member states and the organization to ensure we make this adjustment in a fair and sensible manner that protects U.N. peacekeeping,” Haley said during a meeting on the U.N. peacekeeping mission.
President Trump’s administration has sought to reduce U.S. spending on U.N. peacekeeping throughout his first year in office. It's part of an overall push to reduce spending, since Trump believes allies takes advantage of the United States in unfair agreements.
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5 comments:
They should add the GDP of all member nations - then determine what percent of the total represents the individual member countries...their percent is what they should pay - yes, we'll pay more than others - but everyone will pay the a relative percentage of their GDP!
A federal ballet proposal should be put to the people of America on the funding of the UN and any of its stupid agenda.
I bet funding this debacle would go down as fast as Monica Lewinsky did.
About time and long, long overdue....
Yes put UN funding on the national ballet and it would die.
It would be dead faster than Jake Day drops his panties for sex!
People from Sweden are beautiful. Shouldn't they have to pay less, or get in for free?
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