Posted on 06/28/2017 9:15:36 AM PDT by rktman
United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley defended the Trump administration’s plan to drastically cut America’s spending on the UN Tuesday. She told a House subcommittee that the proposed cuts had sent “shockwaves” through the body — and that such cuts had put the UN “on notice.”
“My job was to go the UN and find value,” Haley told a House appropriations subcommittee. “We want to make sure the U.S. voice is strong, use it for negotiations in every way possible, to push foreign policy… but at the same time the UN has fat around the edges.”
Haley faced tough opposition from Democrats, and even Republicans, who expressed concern at the drastic nature of some of the cuts being proposed to U.S. funding of the UN’s various agencies. The U.S. is commonly the top funder of most budgets, even those with a distinctly anti-American bias.
Democrats, however, blasted the cuts, with Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) calling them “far-reaching and catastrophic.”
“Frankly I cannot understand how this administration intends to influence the UN agenda, help those most in need, and advance UN reform if it disengages and severely cuts our contributions,” Lowey said.
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Winning!
“Advance UN reform”...no thanks, you dimwitted dem.
Good. It’s time to shake up the barrel.
‘GET THE U.S. OUT OF THE U.N. AND GET THE U.N. OUT OF AMERICA.’
WINNING!!!
Would love to see President Trump “cut” our entire contribution to zero charge the UN 500 Billion dollars a year for the lease in NY. We get nothing out of the UN that we can’t do better on our own.
I don’t think she should have been chosen as the UN Amb.
And I'm getting sick and tired of it. S/Off
DJT = MAGA!
try one more time....charge the UN $500 billion a year for a lease in NY and get out entirely
I would love to see total withdraw, but I’m not going to complain about victories.
Ping.
I bet that you have many ideas for what to do with the property. :-)
Fat around the edges? No, it is 'infused' with fat.....
US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!
Niki Haley: task-oriented.
What an exceptional pick for UN Amb.
In the beginning, I agreed with you, but now she has won me over.
Niki has bigger balls than most pubbie senators {of either gender...err, I mean ANY gender, including genderation X}.
“I don’t think she should have been chosen as the UN Amb.”
I was hoping for Ted Nugent.
I think the site was “gifted” by the crock-a-fellers.
Why not? She is on target, and a pit bull to boot.
UNaccountable bureaucrats are socialists.
S ocialist
W ankers
A nd
M arxist
P oliticians
DRAIN
MAGA!
“Frankly I cannot understand how this administration intends to influence the UN agenda, help those most in need, and advance UN reform if it disengages and severely cuts our contributions,” Lowey said.
“far-reaching and catastrophic.”? That really explains alot (eyeroll...)
Cutting their funding will influence the UN moneygrubbers like nothing else, that's what gets their attention!!
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