Staff Reports
President Donald Trump is preparing to take the global stage once again, this time at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. His appearance comes with renewed calls to rein in U.S. funding of the world body—a demand sharpened by his February executive order that cut tens of billions in contributions funneled to UN institutions. Trump, joined in this initiative by Senator Marco Rubio, is expected to deliver one of the toughest rebukes of the UN in decades, blasting its rampant corruption, anti-American rhetoric, and taxpayer subsidies that too often end up empowering terrorist-linked organizations.
The backdrop is grim. Under the previous Biden administration, the United States wasted more than $18 billion on the UN, all while several of its so-called humanitarian agencies were exposed for ties to terrorism and anti-Israel extremism. The money turned into blank checks for bureaucrats hostile to American interests, leaving U.S. taxpayers footing the bill while our allies, particularly Israel, were left abandoned. With Hamas emboldened after brutal attacks, the idea that American dollars flowed into UN projects infiltrated by terrorist sympathizers is nothing short of appalling. Trump’s decision to slam the brakes on this reckless giveaway should be recognized for what it is: the kind of leadership and accountability the UN despises but America desperately needs.
Three agencies highlight just how far off course the UN has strayed. The UN Human Rights Council is stacked with dictatorships that mock freedom while silencing dissent. UNESCO has devolved into an anti-Israel echo chamber, erasing Jewish history and enabling propaganda. And perhaps most disturbing, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has been exposed for employing individuals tied to Hamas and for spreading materials that glorify terrorism. Instead of promoting peace, these agencies recycle hate and division, leaving the victims of violence, including Israeli civilians, to pay the price.
NEW: Sec. Marco Rubio says he expects President Trump to call out the "feckless" United Nations today:
"What the president is going to do is challenge the UN to find its meaning and its purpose and its utility as an organization."
"Because it doesn't seem to be doing the job,… pic.twitter.com/pFw3fa0u40
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 23, 2025
Trump and Rubio are not mincing words. They have boldly declared that America will not bankroll organizations that work against its own people and its own allies. This is in stark contrast to the globalist pandering of Biden’s presidency, which emboldened embassies of hate while draining the pockets of hardworking Americans. The Trump-Rubio plan exposes the dirty secret that the UN is less about peace and more about posturing, less about justice and more about enriching bureaucrats who despise Western values.
As Trump returns to the UN stage as president, the real question is whether this confrontation will finally force the organization to confront its hypocrisy or whether it will once again bury its head in the sand. What cannot be denied is that America is better off when it stands firm, demands accountability, and refuses to bow to the failures of globalist institutions. Trump is reminding the world that the United States does not answer to unelected foreign bureaucrats—it answers only to the American people. And that is exactly why his message will resonate far beyond the walls of the UN.
