Trump Is Right To Call For Big UN Funding Cuts

"The Trump Administration is indicating it will be seeking deep cuts in funds that the U.S. sends to the United Nations, which could save taxpayers billions of dollars. President Trump has stated repeatedly that he wants to concentrate more American taxpayer funds on American jobs and infrastructure. The President's platform of rethinking American foreign aid and our expensive support of international organizations is a big reason why he was propelled to the presidency in 2016...

[L]ittle has changed at the United Nations with regard to scandals. In April 2016, Reuters reported that a '21-page confidential report...outlines the results of an audit ordered by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in response to charges against John Ashe, General Assembly president in 2013-2014, and six other people...It is the biggest financial corruption crisis to rock the United Nations since the Oil-for-Food scandal hit the world body during the tenure of Ban's predecessor Kofi Annan. U.N. officials and diplomats say latest [sic] scandal highlights the need for greater transparency at the United Nations.'

And with regard to anti-Israel sentiment at the United Nations, in January of this year Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham felt compelled to introduce a bill that would cut U.S. funding of the UN until the organization reverses an anti-Israel resolution that passed the Security Council in December. Senator Graham was correct when he stated, 'Twenty-two percent of the money to fund the U.N. comes from the American taxpayer. I don't think it's a good investment for the American taxpayer to give money to an organization that condemns the only democracy in the Middle East.'..."