Trump is keeping his promise in dealing with the U.N.

The beautiful aspect of this cut is found in the fact that the Trump Administration was successful in making this cut a  "A U.N. cut,"  as opposed to something the United States did on its own, unilaterally.  My thinking is this:  If 7.3 billion dollars [after the cut] is not three times what the UN needs to accomplish whatever it thinks it is accomplishing in terms of peace,  no one understands the true meaning "bait and switch."  Much of this money goes to other "causes" including the health and well being of any number of repressive national regimes.  Very little goes to effectively dealing with repressive regimes such as N Korea or Russia's European meddling or fighting the drug empires in Mexico   ~  editor.  

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The Daily Beast:   The United Nations has tentatively agreed to cut nearly $600 million from the organization’s peacekeeping budget after pressure from President Trump's White House to reduce funding. Under the agreement, the UN will spend $7.3 billion on peacekeeping in the next year, down from the current amount of $7.87 billion, Agence France-Press reported Wednesday. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley cheered the agreement on Twitter late Wednesday. “Just 5 months into our time here, we've cut over half a billion [dollars] from the UN peacekeeping budget and we’re only getting started,” she wrote. Trump had previously angered UN diplomats by pushing for a $1 billion cut to funding. Human Rights Watch has warned against the proposed budget cuts, saying the “misguided” move would leave vulnerable civilians in Darfur without crucial protections. The deal is due for a vote by the UN General Assembly on Friday, where it is expected to be approved.