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| US President Trump, in UN debut, urges the world body to reform |
| 2017-09-19 |
| [DAWN] United States (US) President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... made his debut at the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... on Monday, using his first moments at the world body to urge the 193-nation organization to reduce bureaucracy and costs while more clearly defining its mission around the world. But while Trump chastised the United Nations, an organization he sharply criticised as a presidential candidate for its spiralling costs, he said the United States would "pledge to be partners in your work" in order to make the UN "a more effective force" for peace across the globe. "In recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential due to bureaucracy and mismanagement," said Trump, who rebuked the United Nations for a ballooning budget. "We are not seeing the results in line with this investment." The president pushed the UN to focus "more on people and less on bureaucracy" and to change "business as usual and not be beholden to ways of the past which were not working." He also suggested that the US was paying more than its fair share to keep the New York-based world body operational. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 President Trump is, in a friendly and cooperative way, saying that the UN needs to reform itself, or it will go out of existence. He is playing good cop right now, but laying the groundwork to put the monkey on the back of member nations to get their act together or face the consequences of their inaction. Everything is calculated. Just like how he approached NATO. Take on your responsibilities because the US will not save you from yourselves. Played the bad cop role there. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-09-19 20:39 |
| #1 pledge to be partners in your work Not "Do your work". |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-19 16:28 |