For decades, conservative Americans have watched that globalist gravy train in New York cash our checks and then have the nerve to lecture us on our own values. These organizations, teeming with unelected international bureaucrats, seem to exist only to scheme up new ways to tell us how to live our lives while pushing radical agendas cooked up in a faculty lounge. They produce nothing but paper, condemnations, and endless reports, all while the world’s actual problems fester.

This sense of betrayal deepens when you realize that these institutions, which America funds more than any other nation, have become hotbeds of anti-American and anti-Western resentment. Many patriots have long concluded that the only sensible option is to pull our funding, pack their bags, and tell them to find a new host. But now, President Trump’s administration is proposing a different path—not one of surrender, but of strategic conquest.

From ‘The Daily Wire’:
It’s really about focusing our effort on the parts that align with an America First agenda and defunding and walking away from the rest of it — the nonsense… They need to get back to basics, stop with all of the other nonsense… Stop with the focus on climate, stop with the focus on gender… and let’s get back to peace.

For years, the gut instinct to defund the United Nations and evict it from American soil felt like the only logical response. But President Trump is playing chess while his critics play checkers. His administration, led by U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz, is asking a far more strategic question: why abandon a global stage when you can command it?

A Return to First Principles

Before dismissing the idea, consider the evidence. President Trump has already proven his ability to achieve what the professional hand-wringers in Brussels and Geneva couldn’t manage in a lifetime. He brokered a historic peace plan between Israel and Hamas, securing the return of all living hostages after years of failed negotiations. This is the work of a leader focused on tangible results, not empty gestures. That same focus is now being applied to the UN.

Ambassador Waltz is clear: the UN’s original mission after World War II was to prevent war. Yet today, there are more global conflicts than ever. The organization has strayed, dedicating its resources to climate alarmism and woke social engineering. Under Trump, the focus is shifting back to core priorities, like defending persecuted Christians around the world—a true human rights crisis that the global elite has long ignored.

Cutting the Fat and the Woke Agendas

The Trump administration’s reform is not just talk; it is action backed by fiscal discipline. Waltz confirms they are draining the global swamp by defunding and withdrawing from the most corrupt and useless UN agencies. This includes UNRWA, the Gaza agency notoriously infiltrated by Hamas terrorists, and the World Health Organization, which failed the world during the pandemic.

The cuts are deep and targeted. Waltz notes that seven different UN agencies are focused on climate change. Seven of them. It’s a make-work program for climate alarmists on the taxpayer’s dime. This commonsense approach is already yielding results. The UN has been forced to eliminate over 2,600 bureaucratic positions and slash its overall budget by 15%. This is the kind of fiscal responsibility Americans have been demanding for years.

American Leadership Is Not Optional

The most compelling argument against simply leaving the UN is a strategic one. If America walks away, we’re not just leaving a vacuum. We’re handing the keys to the kingdom over to Beijing and Moscow. Our adversaries would leap at the chance to rewrite global rules to serve their own authoritarian interests.

Ambassador Waltz put it perfectly, citing practical examples like international aviation and shipping. “When I land, when flying internationally, I want everybody speaking English,” he said. “We want them aligned with our standards, not China or Russia’s standards.” An American withdrawal isn’t a show of strength; it’s a surrender of the playing field. The “America First” agenda means ensuring the world operates on our terms, and that requires a seat at the table—preferably at the head of it.

Key Takeaways

• President Trump is strategically reforming the UN, not abandoning it to our enemies.
• The “America First” plan is defunding corrupt agencies and slashing bureaucratic waste.
• American leadership at the UN prevents China and Russia from setting global standards.
• The UN is being refocused on its true mission: peace and protecting the persecuted.

Sources: Daily Wire