UN Faces ‘Imminent Collapse’ as U.S. Funding Stalls

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Ben Smith 1/31/2026

Trump withdrew the U.S. from multiple U.N. agencies and bodies, citing mismanagement, waste, and redundancy… including UNESCO and WHO.

The United Nations is sounding the alarm again about an “imminent financial collapse,” but it is not hard to see why the institution is panicking. The bill is coming due, and the organization that has spent decades scolding the United States is now warning it may have to literally close up shop in New York if Washington and other deadbeat contributors do not pay.

    “The crisis is deepening, threatening program delivery and risking financial collapse. And the situation will further deteriorate in the near future. I cannot overstate the urgency of the situation we now face.”

The numbers are staggering, and they cut through the usual U.N. talking points. The General Assembly approved a $3.45 billion regular budget for 2026, and U.N. officials told the New York Times that the United States is responsible for about 95% of the money currently owed, roughly $2.2 billion, combining unpaid 2025 dues and the 2026 assessment. The U.S. also owes far more beyond the regular budget, including about $1.9 billion for active peacekeeping missions, $528 million for closed missions, and $43.6 million for tribunals.

In other words, the U.N. financial model still assumes America will keep paying, even while U.N. actors and allied governments posture as if the U.S. is just another member state to be lectured.

President Trump has responded the way a lot of Americans have wanted presidents to respond for years. The Times reported that Trump withdrew the U.S. from multiple U.N. agencies and bodies, citing mismanagement, waste, and redundancy, including pulling out of UNESCO, the World Health Organization, and the U.N. Human Rights Council. He also moved to reduce funding for peacekeeping operations, while U.N. officials said Washington indicated it would pay only about $160 million toward active peacekeeping and would not pay for tribunals.

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[catfish1957]

[mountaineer]

It's time for the U.N. to die the death it so richly deserves.

[Wingnut]

The UN needs to move to a more deserving country.  I hear Somalia has room.

[mountaineer]

The UN needs to move to a more deserving country.  I hear Somalia has room.

And fantastic beaches.

[MeganC]

UN American
UN Christian
UN accountable
UN conscionable
UN believable
UN civilized

[Bigun]

  

[Wingnut]

And fantastic beaches.

A great place for your inner pirate to vacation.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The UN should be mad not at us but for fraudsters sending their fraud money back home rather than to it.

[Hoodat]

Gee, how simple that was.  Now do the Democrat Party.  Stop funding them with our tax dollars.

[libertybele]

Gee, how simple that was.  Now do the Democrat Party.  Stop funding them with our tax dollars.

 

[Free Vulcan]

Thank you Seinfeld for some of the best meme material in existence.

[Smokin Joe]

Gee, how simple that was.  Now do the Democrat Party.  Stop funding them with our tax dollars.

That is what the Left is so desperately fighting tooth and nail to prevent.

[Fishrrman]

"UN Faces ‘Imminent Collapse’ as U.S. Funding Stalls..."

[Bigun]

That is what the Left is so desperately fighting tooth and nail to prevent.

  And there are plenty of "Republicans helping them!

[Smokin Joe]

And there are plenty of "Republicans helping them!

Far too many!

[verga]

Kick there stanky @$$es out

[MeganC]

 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Russia and China fancy themselves are World Powers, let them pay for the U.N.

[verga]

Russia and China fancy themselves are World Powers, let them pay for the U.N.

And feel free to move the headquarters there.