By Brian C. Joondeph
President Donald Trump’s blunt assessment of the United Nations in his Sept. 23 address wasn’t just another form of political theater.
It served as a reality check for an institution that has long sacrificed its purpose and mission for pretenses and spectacle, and Americans, for the most part, have noticed this.
“The U.N. is supposed to stop invasions, not create them, and not finance them,” Trump reminded.
That line hit home at Turtle Bay because it’s true.
According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, 60% of voters agree, including 43% who strongly agree. That’s not the MAGA fringe. That’s mainstream America, tired of writing checks to a diplomatic dinosaur that hasn’t done its job since Harry Truman was in office.
The United Nations was established in 1945 to prevent wars and foster cooperation.
Instead, it’s spent 80 years honing the skill of doing nothing, and at a high cost.
From genocides in Rwanda, Darfur, and the Congo to its complete paralysis during the Iran hostage crisis, and its obsessive condemning of Israel (while turning a blind eye to Iran and North Korea), the U.N. has so often failed its core mission that “U.N. peacekeeping” has become an oxymoron.
And let’s not forget Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, which the U.N. has condemned more than all other nations combined. Specifically, from 2015 through 2023, the U.N. General Assembly “adopted 154 resolutions against Israel and 71 against other countries,” according to UN Watch.
Meanwhile, nations like China, Cuba, and Iran still hold seats on the Human Rights Council. That’s like appointing Bernie Madoff to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Trump was right to point out how the U.N. now functions less as a protector of peace and more as a refuge for global bureaucrats who view national sovereignty as a flaw. Its endless migration agreements and “sustainable development” plans all share a common aim: weaken the West, enrich the elite, and have America pay the bill.