Posted on 05/31/2026 3:45:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The United Nations is going broke as the U.S. and China withhold payments to the institution in a jostle for control.
Washington has failed to pay billions of dollars owed to the international body and exited dozens of its programs and agencies, including the World Health Organization, to combat what President Trump describes as wasteful spending and bad policymaking. The U.S. is more than $4 billion in arrears to the U.N.
China has compounded the U.N.’s liquidity crisis by slow-walking its own payments, even as Beijing declares itself the organization’s leading defender and, in a jab at the U.S., the “de facto No. 1 financial contributor.” Beijing still owes the U.N. $455 million even after injecting almost $850 million this week into the organization during a visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The U.N. relies on U.S. and Chinese money for 42% of its basic funding.
Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the U.N. is in a “race to bankruptcy” and cited a “very real prospect of the financial collapse of our organization.” On the current trajectory, the U.N. says it will be out of cash by mid-August—just when the process of picking a successor to Guterres shifts into high gear.
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That’s a shame.
Let’s give them 90 days NOTICE then evict them!
Let some one else have the honor of hosting those ungrateful ‘A*&*()%$’.
Back in 1986, during his performance at the Met, Robin Williams stated the best thing for the UN to do was “go condo”. 40 years later, we’re still dealing with this useless (for the US) group.
Shows how much the rest of the world has been leeching off the UN. They can’t cover the costs?
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General António Guterres has warned that the U.N. is in a “race to bankruptcy”
This is a race the UN deserves to win!
Can’t the howling moon demon worshipers fund it? They seem to fund every other anti-civilization organization in the world.
Well, bye.
Should saved that money instead of wasting it on all those FAKE climate change reports
Maybe if the UN were to economize by moving to a cheaper neighborhood they could make ends meet. Plenty of office space available in Mogadishu.
The UN big shots should walk around New York City, and offer to cut lawns. That’s what I did as a kid when I was short of money. It worked out fine.
Just be sure to go green, guys. No power mowers of any type.
Our Great Stable Genius President Donald Trump is restructuring the system of the entire world.
Awwwweee! Anyway.....
Trump can buy the UN Building and turn it into luxury condos.
Race? Okay, you win.
Just one more thing to not keep me awake all night.
Finally ! Good News !!
Let them have Zoom meetings. No travel. No expensive restaurants and vintage Bordeaux. .
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