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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Call this bluff: UN threatens to boot US if Trump doesn't play ball
2017-06-26
[Michelle Malkin] The response to this should simply be "OK, good luck with that":
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from many issues confronting the international community it will be replaced -- and that won’t be good for America or for the world.

Guterres made clear to reporters at his first press conference here since taking the reins of the United Nations on Jan. 1 that proposed cuts in U.S. funding for the U.N. would be disastrous and create "an unsolvable problem to the management of the U.N."

But the U.N. chief stressed that he is not afraid to stand up to President Donald Trump, citing his vocal opposition to the U.S. leader’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. He said the mobilization of U.S. business and civil society in support or the climate deal is "a signal of hope that we very much encourage."
Nothin’ like a stern "responsibility" lecture from a global body that lets Iran sit on a women’s rights board. And I’m quite certain that the one thing that has never been and never will be uttered by a U.N. leader in any serious fashion is "your money’s no good here anymore."

I’ll start to believe the empty threats the day moving vans are spotted in front of UN headquarters in New York City, but they won’t be. Why? Because, to quote a famous saying, "that’s where the money is."
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2017-06-26 19:18  

#14  If I was Trump I would

be looking at the lease and lease holders for that NY building they're in.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-26 17:18  

#13  Damn..me too...talk about group-think
Posted by: One Eyed Black1190   2017-06-26 14:17  

#12  You stole my line.. ;)
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2017-06-26 12:29  

#11  "Please, Br'er Fox, don't fling me us in dat brier-patch" said Br'er Rabbit.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-06-26 11:17  

#10  We should have withdrawn from the UN long ago.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-06-26 11:04  

#9  Kick the US out of the UN and the land deal is nullified. Bring in your blue helmets and see what happens.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-06-26 10:57  

#8  The US should start sending unpaid UN Parking tickets to Mr Antonio Guterres suggestion that payment will be expected if the US is tossed out of the UN or evictions will begin. Just to tweek them.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-06-26 10:56  

#7  Challenge accepted
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2017-06-26 10:02  

#6  IIRC the land was ceased to them for the Headquarters. However, the support system for the staff (living facilities, subsistence, diplomatic head counts, et al) and the representatives was not. If they want to break with the US, it kills the diplomatic protocol of recognizing the credentials of those sent there. No more 5 star restaurants for you. Maybe they can convince NYC to secede. Please, please.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-06-26 08:25  

#5  Good. Kick them out of the US and take all of our money from them.

The UN will be dead in a month.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-26 08:11  

#4  If I was Trump I would be very concerned. After all the UN never bluffs nor fails to deliver results.

Let us wait for the Trump tweet that announces the booting of the UN from America.
Posted by: Airandee   2017-06-26 06:18  

#3  But the U.N. chief stressed that he is not afraid to stand up to President Donald Trump, citing his vocal opposition to the U.S. leader’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. He said the mobilization of U.S. business and civil society in support or the climate deal is "a signal of hope that we very much encourage."

How cute -- he thinks he is negotiating. But nobody is even pretending to abide by the unenforceable Paris Agreement now, as far as I am aware, despite the posturing. And with the US a permanent member with veto power of the UN Security Council, the possibility of replacing Mr. Guterres less than six months into his five year tenure would be interesting to explore.

Or we could take our 20% of the UN budget and walk away, which would no doubt cause the thing to collapse.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-26 05:52  

#2  Sweat.
And there is a chamber pot in the corner.
Posted by: Clating Grundy2516   2017-06-26 04:38  

#1  He said the mobilization of U.S. business and civil society in support or the climate deal is "a signal of hope that we very much encourage."

Until they start losing money on it, at which point they're going to drop it like a hot potato.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-06-26 04:04  

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