WHY THREATEN TO CUT OFF AID TO THE UNITED NATIONS? WHY NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT OF IT?

[Oceander]

Exactly.  It would be a mistake to give up our veto power.

Exactly

[mountaineer]

Members arriving at the UN

Do you include our ambassador in that depiction?

[Suppressed]

Well, the first reason that comes off the top of my head is the UN Security Council could do real damage to us and our friends, like Israel.  Raise an Army, for example.  We need that veto to keep that from happening, because we've needed to use it before.

[Sanguine]

Members arriving at the UN

Old family photos, @truth_seeker?

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Trump On U.S. Aid Recipients: 'Let Them Vote Against Us At U.N.', 'Well Save A Lot'.

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/trump-us-aid-recipients-let-them-vote-against-us-un-well-save-lot

There's more than one way to skin the U.N.