Haley announces $285M cut in 2018-19 UN operating budget

[Bush92]

Why do we do this?
U.S. Gives Financial Aid to 96% of All Countries

You're so fucking stupid. Merry Christmas.

Is that Trump picture your screen saver? Must really turn you on huh?

 

[AsianTrumpSupporter]

Time for commies and terrorists to pay their fair share of the U.N. budget.

 

[RealDave]

We’ve hosted and paid the plurality of U.N. expenses for decades.

Shouldn’t the other nations pay their fair share?

Dems are all about that.

The amount is based on a formula noting country's population & economy size.

Of course we pay the most but we also get the most out of it.

Note how Donnie is getting help with NK as he can't seerm to do anything about NK on his own.

 

[jon_berzerk]

And the world laughs at the US and already knew the world would have to simply wait until Lying Trump was out and things could get back to normal.

I find it quite pathetic that Lying Donald and his flying monkey Nikki Goebbels believe this is some 'permanent' thing. They'll have their tantrum as will the slugs that support Drumpf and then an adult will be elected and America's image will begin to be rebuilt.

There is nothing more pathetic than someone claiming to be an adult that throws a tantrum like a child and thinks anyone else gives a shit. Why 'reduce' spending orange turd? Just give yourself and your following of ignorant bugwits a good reason to circle jerk and pull the US out of the UN. When you are gone we'll rejoin and the orange turd's legacy will be a blip of bile on the radar and soon forgotten.

But oh how Nikki Goebbels likes to sound 'powerful'. It's just a sad comedy to the rest of the world.

Your comparing our U.N. ambassador to Joseph Gobbeles? What a dick.

consider the source

 

[rightwinger]

It's all part of Trumps plan to withdraw from the UN

------------------------------------- hope so RWinger !!

Most isolationist conservatives would just as soon withdraw from the UN

Let the US deal with the rest of the world on our own. Our economic sanctions will mean nothing if other countries freely trade/ Our wars and invasions will be on our own. Let Americans die while the rest of the world sits back and watches.
Without a seat on the UN Security Council, we will not have a voice in what the UN does and cannot block actions we disagree with

Dumbest diplomatic move ever

 

[Darkwind]

Hell yes!

Cut that Spending!

We can save about $4 Billion by cutting the EPA budget in half.

We can save 15 times that much by cutting the DOD budget by a measly 10%

So let the rest of the world catch up to the US in military strength.

First, 10% will not get the rest of the world even close. (see below)

Second, our military is not underfunded, it is misused and mismanaged. The Army alone made a 2.8 trillion dollar fake adjustment to their books to give the appearance of the books being balanced, in just one quarter last year. If any other agency under the Fed Govt had such things going on would you just advocate just throwing more money at them?

How about we hold the DOD accountable just like people want to do with the rest of the government. Is that too much to ask?

A wholly misleading chart. How many of those other seven nations have the security of the entire world thrust upon their shoulders?


I would agree to a 10% cut in the military as long as you agree that we should fully and permanently pull out of NATO and any responsibility for Western Europe.

 

[ColonelAngus]

UN should be in Switzerland and every nation should pay according to their population.

Fair to everyone. Budget problem solved,

 

[Correll]

Merry Christmas America.

Haley announces $285M cut in 2018-19 UN operating budget

Calling it “a big step in the right direction,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday night announced a historic reduction in the U.N. biennial operating budget.

Haley said the plan calls for a $285 million cut for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

“The inefficiency and overspending of the United Nations are well known,” Haley said. “We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked."

Excellent. Fuck the UN.

 

[rightwinger]

Hell yes!

Cut that Spending!

We can save about $4 Billion by cutting the EPA budget in half.

We can save 15 times that much by cutting the DOD budget by a measly 10%

So let the rest of the world catch up to the US in military strength.

First, 10% will not get the rest of the world even close. (see below)

Second, our military is not underfunded, it is misused and mismanaged. The Army alone made a 2.8 trillion dollar fake adjustment to their books to give the appearance of the books being balanced, in just one quarter last year. If any other agency under the Fed Govt had such things going on would you just advocate just throwing more money at them?

How about we hold the DOD accountable just like people want to do with the rest of the government. Is that too much to ask?

A wholly misleading chart. How many of those other seven nations have the security of the entire world thrust upon their shoulders?


I would agree to a 10% cut in the military as long as you agree that we should fully and permanently pull out of NATO and any responsibility for Western Europe.

We should be turning boots on the ground responsibility over to NATO for anything involving Europe or the Middle East...their sphere of influence

US should provide intelligence, air support, military supplies and tactical guidance

 

[Correll]

Hell yes!

Cut that Spending!

We can save about $4 Billion by cutting the EPA budget in half.

We can save 15 times that much by cutting the DOD budget by a measly 10%

So let the rest of the world catch up to the US in military strength.

First, 10% will not get the rest of the world even close. (see below)

Second, our military is not underfunded, it is misused and mismanaged. The Army alone made a 2.8 trillion dollar fake adjustment to their books to give the appearance of the books being balanced, in just one quarter last year. If any other agency under the Fed Govt had such things going on would you just advocate just throwing more money at them?

How about we hold the DOD accountable just like people want to do with the rest of the government. Is that too much to ask?

A wholly misleading chart. How many of those other seven nations have the security of the entire world thrust upon their shoulders?


I would agree to a 10% cut in the military as long as you agree that we should fully and permanently pull out of NATO and any responsibility for Western Europe.

And south korean and Japan.

 

[Darkwind]

Hell yes!

Cut that Spending!

We can save about $4 Billion by cutting the EPA budget in half.

We can save 15 times that much by cutting the DOD budget by a measly 10%

So let the rest of the world catch up to the US in military strength.

First, 10% will not get the rest of the world even close. (see below)

Second, our military is not underfunded, it is misused and mismanaged. The Army alone made a 2.8 trillion dollar fake adjustment to their books to give the appearance of the books being balanced, in just one quarter last year. If any other agency under the Fed Govt had such things going on would you just advocate just throwing more money at them?

How about we hold the DOD accountable just like people want to do with the rest of the government. Is that too much to ask?

A wholly misleading chart. How many of those other seven nations have the security of the entire world thrust upon their shoulders?


I would agree to a 10% cut in the military as long as you agree that we should fully and permanently pull out of NATO and any responsibility for Western Europe.

And south korean and Japan.

Not to mention keeping shipping lanes open all across the entire globe.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Liberals, why shouldn’t the UN be in Switzerland and why shouldn’t members pay on the basis of population?

Isn’t that fair?

 

[deanrd]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

 

[rightwinger]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

Let Trump go to war without UN support

Lets see how far he goes. He won't have a seat on the UN Security Council anymore

 

[Correll]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

Let Trump go to war without UN support

Lets see how far he goes. He won't have a seat on the UN Security Council anymore

Trump doesn't want war. It is your side of the aisle howling for blood.


Also, there is no mechanism for the UN to deprive the US of a seat. Any attempted change could be vetoed by US.

 

[ColonelAngus]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

Why shouldn't the UN meet in Switzerland and members pay according to population?

What specifically would be bad about that arrangement?

 

[pismoe]

many posters reply to this thread with thoughts on various fixes to 'un' as i guess they try to be fair or nice or what ever they are trying as their goal seems to be to try to make the 'un' more palatable to the USA . ME , i simply say , get rid of the 'un' as far as the USA is concerned and kick them off USA Soil and then ignore them .

 

[rightwinger]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

Let Trump go to war without UN support

Lets see how far he goes. He won't have a seat on the UN Security Council anymore

Trump doesn't want war. It is your side of the aisle howling for blood.


Also, there is no mechanism for the UN to deprive the US of a seat. Any attempted change could be vetoed by US.

Let him tell it to Lil Rocket Man

Trump seems to be leading us to a UN exit and his supporters love it (just read this thread)

 

[rightwinger]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

Why shouldn't the UN meet in Switzerland and members pay according to population?

What specifically would be bad about that arrangement?

Why not pay according to national wealth?

 

[Correll]

The wars stopped by the UN never make the news.

They will now.

Let Trump go to war without UN support

Lets see how far he goes. He won't have a seat on the UN Security Council anymore

Trump doesn't want war. It is your side of the aisle howling for blood.


Also, there is no mechanism for the UN to deprive the US of a seat. Any attempted change could be vetoed by US.

Let him tell it to Lil Rocket Man

Trump seems to be leading us to a UN exit and his supporters love it (just read this thread)

Hold the UN accountable for their shitty actions is hardly the same as an UN exit.


My point stands. Your side has been putting political pressure on him for a more aggressive foreign policy since BEFORE he was in office.