China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operating budget and arrears for the separate budget for the U.N.’s far-flung peacekeeping operations....
... U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in early April that the United Nations faced a cash crisis because of non-payment of dues by member states, which has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
He said in a letter to the U.N.’s 193 member nations that “unpredictable cash inflows, exacerbated by the global crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, seriously threaten” the U.N.’s ability to do its work. He announced a temporary hiring freeze....
Blah, blah, blah, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit....Note well: the UN is NOT laying off or furloughing its personnel, nor reducing salaries/perks/benefits.
Clearly, they don't take this seriously.
Trump is not well-disposed to the UN in the first place. This would be a fine time for him to push that ball a bit further down the alley, no??
I wonder if the President could find new use for some prime Manhattan real estate?
ReplyDeleteHe should convert it to a Trump convention center. That way he can violate the Emoluments Clause in some way or fashion, according to the Loony Left.
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