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UN faces severe cash crisis as Trump admin ramps up pressure on world body
fox ^ | January 30, 2026 | Efrat Lachter

Posted on 01/30/2026 5:13:03 PM PST by chief lee runamok

As the Trump administration slashes funding and exits multiple international bodies over criticism that the U.N. has failed to promote U.S. interests, the United Nations is warning it could face a cash crisis by July.

In a Jan. 28 letter from U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to ambassadors, he cited record unpaid dues and rigid budget rules that have left the organization exposed.

Guterres said the U.N. is trapped in a "Kafkaesque cycle" in which rigid budget rules force it to return "unspent" funds even when those contributions were never paid. He said outstanding dues reached a record $1.568 billion at the end of 2025 and that collections covered only 76.7% of assessed contributions, leaving the organization dangerously exposed.

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1 posted on 01/30/2026 5:13:03 PM PST by chief lee runamok
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To: chief lee runamok

I voted for this


2 posted on 01/30/2026 5:14:28 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: chief lee runamok

YAY!
put the UnitedNazis out of their misery ASAP
and
kick all the spies and enemy agents out of USA


3 posted on 01/30/2026 5:16:31 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: chief lee runamok

The UN should find a better bidness model where they actually provide valuable services that various Counties might want to fund.


4 posted on 01/30/2026 5:16:58 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: chief lee runamok

Let it die on the vine.

Good riddance.


5 posted on 01/30/2026 5:17:21 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: chief lee runamok

Can we do NATO next?

(See tagline…)


6 posted on 01/30/2026 5:18:12 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: chief lee runamok

Ask them.

7 posted on 01/30/2026 5:19:54 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: chief lee runamok

Gut the UN and leave.


8 posted on 01/30/2026 5:21:08 PM PST by WARFLAMEOfLiberty
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To: George from New England

Poor babies....damn shame....


9 posted on 01/30/2026 5:22:15 PM PST by Fungi
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To: chief lee runamok

Who has the boo hoo girl gift. Eff the UN.


10 posted on 01/30/2026 5:25:11 PM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: chief lee runamok

Unpaid dues. Yeah ours. Can’t survive without the US. EFF th.


11 posted on 01/30/2026 5:26:54 PM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: chief lee runamok

Good!
Maybe China can chip in few $$$?


12 posted on 01/30/2026 5:28:28 PM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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[UN faces severe cash crisis]


13 posted on 01/30/2026 5:34:48 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: chief lee runamok

Now Trump! Now! Pull the rug out from them and kick them out of the US.

Leeches. Never forget how they ganged up on Israel.


14 posted on 01/30/2026 5:36:26 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: Hyman Roth
[UN faces severe cash crisis]


15 posted on 01/30/2026 5:38:08 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Zelenskyyyy needs a wardrobe consultant in his cabinet.


16 posted on 01/30/2026 5:42:27 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Salvavida

And Taiwan.


17 posted on 01/30/2026 5:44:03 PM PST by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: chief lee runamok

The U.N. is so broke,I heard they can’t even keep their escalators running.


18 posted on 01/30/2026 5:50:16 PM PST by samiam5
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To: chief lee runamok

There are 180 plus other members ... take your begging bowls to them.


19 posted on 01/30/2026 5:57:06 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: chief lee runamok

We’re 38 trillion dollars in debt. This is unsustainable.


20 posted on 01/30/2026 5:58:15 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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