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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Says He Could Save the United Nations
Trump Says He Could Save the United Nations
February 1, 2026 at 1:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 52 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/01/trump-says-he-could-save-the-united-nations/
President Trump dismissed the idea that the U.N. could ever leave New York, even as senior U.N. officials warn that the organization could be forced to scale back operations and shut its New York HQ if it ran out of cash, Politico reports.
Said Trump: I dont think its appropriate. The U.N. is not leaving New York, and its not leaving the United States, because the U.N. has tremendous potential.
He added: If they came to Trump and told him, Id get everybody to pay up, just like I got NATO to pay up, right? All I have to do is call these countries. If the head of the U.N. would call the president of the United States, I would make the appropriate phone calls and they would send checks within minutes.
Trump also insisted the U.N. remains vital especially after his presidency: When Im no longer around to settle wars, the U.N. can. It has tremendous potential. Tremendous.
Applegrove: so is Trump going to pay the $2 Billion the US owes?
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Tetrachloride
(9,626 posts)1. Maybe he could make a deal. Or someone could make him an offer.
pfitz59
(12,710 posts)2. Take those 'Board of Peace' $ billions.
and give it to the UN.
Blue Owl
(59,128 posts)3. trump should be frogmarched into an interrogation room right now
And grilled about being a murderer, rapist, pedophile, sexual predator, and human trafficker.
Until then, allowing this lunatic to hold the power of the presidency is nothing less than the biggest danger we are facing as a nation.