UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it’s waiting to find out how much of the nearly $4 billion the United States owes the world organization the Trump administration intends to pay and when the money will arrive.

The U.S. Mission to the United Nations confirmed that U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said the Trump administration planned to make a significant down payment on its arrears in a matter of weeks, with the final amount still to be determined. His comments were first reported by Reuters.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last week that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues, a message clearly directed at the United States.

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      It’s quite something when I really can’t decide if Joffrey would be a preferable king compared to Trump

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    Isn’t destroying the UN one of the stated goals of Project 2025? Yeah, this debt ain’t being paid.

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    You thought Trump would pay you too, huh? The line for that complaint is already out the door and around the corner. It’s cold out so wear a sweater.

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    Best we can do is install a Zionist owned mass surveillance system and give that money we owe you and all your data to Israel

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        The digital ID scam is being sold to European governments to consolidate all of their citizens data in one place is a dangerous sceme by Larry Ellison and his company Oracle. Larry Ellison is just as dangerous and evil as Thiel

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    Congress could pass a bill to send payment directly, bypassing the president, if they republicans really wanted to. Assuming the Dems would support it, I suppose. You never know with them.

    Actually, I suppose Israel wouldnt support it because they hate the UN, so the Dems wouldnt support it. When you come down to it, Israel controls this situation. The US funds 30% of the UN’s budget and the US congress works for Israel.