Trump slams the UN in his first UN appearance

NY Post ^ | September 18, 2017 | Mark Moore

[Oshkalaboomboom]

President Trump used his inaugural address at the United Nations on Monday to criticize the world body for not living up to its “potential” because of bureaucracy and urged member nations to reject “business as usual” and take “bold stands.”

“In recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement, ” Trump said at the 72-year-old organization during a meeting on reforms.

Despite a ballooning budget and a doubling of staff since 2000, Trump said, “We are not seeing the results in line with this investment” and encouraged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to focus more on people than bureaucracy.

“We seek a United Nations that regains the trust of people from around the world,” the president said in his tightly scripted five-minute address. “In order to achieve this, the UN must hold every level of management accountable, protect whistle-blowers and focus on results rather than on process.”

“We encourage all member states to look at ways to take bold stands at the United Nations with an eye toward changing business as usual and not being beholden to ways of the past, which were not working,” he said, pledging the US would be a full partner in the reform efforts.

Trump, who will address the General Assembly on Tuesday, also said none of the 193 member nations should shoulder a “disproportionate share of the burden — militarily or financially.”

And he called for creating “clearly defined goals and metrics for evaluating the success” of the UN’s peacekeeping mission around the globe.

[Chode]

a distinct possibility

[TnTnTn]

UN headquarters should be moved to an enlightened country like Zimbabwe.

[ConservaTeen]

The UN is a bunch of AntiAmerican socialist jerks. The League of Nations did more than the UN (and that was disbanding, which the UN should have done in 1949).

[dr_lew]

Wikipedia on the Korean War:

The conflict escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces—supported by the Soviet Union and China—moved into the south on 25 June 1950.[41] On 27 June, the United Nations Security Council authorized the formation and dispatch of UN forces to Korea to repel what was recognized as a North Korean invasion.[42] Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force, with the United States providing 88% of the UN's military personnel.

"Never forget"

[trebb]

All things in their time. I watched his address and he hit a perfect combination of "polite smack-down" and "you can do better" while also intimating that we pay the lion's share and those who are deadbeats ought to start thinking about it.

Will be interesting to see what he says today.

Those who just read about it may not be getting the full perspective.