COMMENTARY_ The U.S. must get out of the U.N. (Jed Babbin - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The U.S. must get out of the U.N.

Don't pay the corrupt fat cats one more cent

The United States of America leaving the United Nations illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY

By Jed Babbin - Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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OPINION:


More than 20 years ago, while researching my book about the United Nations, I asked British historian Paul Johnson about the international body. He told me, “The U.N. is now a central problem for the world because we take too much notice of it.”

That dismal assessment has been proved correct again and again, and the United Nations has only become worse.

Thanks to President Trump’s reining in of the budget, the U.S. reportedly paid nothing to the United Nations in 2025. Now, Ambassador Mike Waltz has said the U.S. is “in arrears” and will be paying the United Nations a lot of money in a matter of weeks. Indeed, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said earlier this month that the world body faced “imminent financial collapse” if nations (meaning the U.S.) didn’t pay up.

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