UN Issues Dire Warning as US Owes Billions in Dues

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Jan 30, 2026 at 04:29 PM EST updated Jan 30, 2026 at 06:22 PM EST


United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Friday that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” by mid-year unless its financial rules are reworked or all 193 member states pay their assessed dues in full and on time. Newsweek reached out to the White House by email on Friday afternoon for comment.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump has heavily focused on the nation's financial health since returning to office, moving with cold efficiency to cut spending, especially where he deems to find alleged waste, fraud, and abuse: This manifested most clearly in the debate around the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), an aid agency that has supported Palestinian refugees since 1949, but one which Trump claimed had "funneled" money to Hamas.

Trump ultimately ordered the U.S. to withdraw from dozens of organizations that he and his administration deemed wasteful for American taxpayers or ideologically driven, many of which were run by the U.N. Simultaneously, Trump has taken NATO members to task for failing to meet their financial obligations, stressing that maintaining those payments was necessary to keep the U.S. involved in the organization.

What To Know

The stark message, conveyed in a letter to member governments, comes as the U.N.’s cash reserves dwindle and outstanding payments have reached record levels. Guterres did not single out any country by name, but the warning comes amid significant arrears from the United States, traditionally the largest contributor.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/un-warns-imminent-financial-collapse-unpaid-dues-11445914

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump's goal is to destroy the UN, NATO, any global alliance for democracy and human rights.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. And that includes W.H.O too.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes all the health organizations too.

Any thing the promotes, health, peace, prosperity for all.

[patphil]

25. He intends for his "Board of Peace" to replace the UN.

Membership is by invitation, and it costs $1 billion to gain entry.
The grifts just keep getting bigger and bigger.

[Irish_Dem]

29. He is expanding the Trump Crime Syndicate members and victims.

[Bengus81]

4. Putin high fiving his ass off............

[hamsterjill]

31. +1000

We all know that Trump isn't smart enough to figure these things out. He's doing as he's told by his puppet master.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Guess that' why TSF wants a $ billion to join his "Board of Peace" scam.

[MoseShrute]

6. "...moving with cold efficiency..."?

More like an hysterical maniac with a hatchet. His cuts have not been efficient at all.

[Lonestarblue]

8. Nor has he focused on the financial health of the country.

He slashed government spending on necessary programs to give billion-dollar contracts to tech buddies like Musk and Thiel. His policies have so weakened the value of the dollar that everything we import now costs more even without the tariffs. International investors are looking at our debt and deciding to invest in other countries.

[barbtries]

7. huh?

President Donald Trump has heavily focused on the nation's financial health since returning to office, moving with cold efficiency to cut spending, especially where he deems to find alleged waste, fraud, and abuse: This manifested most clearly in the debate around the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), an aid agency that has supported Palestinian refugees since 1949, but one which Trump claimed had "funneled" money to Hamas.

he's focused on destroying the financial health of the USA and enriching himself and his cabal.

this sentence. it's bullshit.

so he's going to make our country as bad of a deadbeat as he has been his entire life. because all we are is HIS. the sick fuck.

[MrsCheaplaugh]

13. It's Newsweek

that rag that's been a mouthpiece for the CIA since its inception. You may as well switch on Fox.

[barbtries]

21. right?

i don't think they're that consistently bad, but they can certainly be.

What cracks me up is a friend on fb had another friend (magat) and when a piece of news was shared her remark was that Newsweek is a far left rag.

why i don't bother engaging with magats

[OMGWTF]

26. I have called them "Newsweak" ever since they hired KKKarl Rove back in the day.

[lostincalifornia]

27. It is always wise to look at the background of writers of articles. peter-aitken

background is Fox News.

[617Blue]

9. The UN should leave NYC.

[debsy]

10. Trump has always been the Manchurian ( I mean Russian) candidate

Anyone who deals in facts knows this.

[DSandra]

23. The political system not being prepared for something like this is a fatal flaw

Putin found out America's ultimate weakness.

[paleotn]

11. Donnie dipshit has "heavily focused on the nation's financial health"?

Complete bullshit!!! Every single one of those cuts was POLITICAL! They had nothing, absolutely NOTHING to do with the nation's financial health. Guess the scribbling fools who wrote this crap completely forgot that Donnie wants to do a 50% increase in the defense budget. Massive increases in DHS. And did tax cuts the country can't pay for. That we're running even HIGHER deficits now than under Biden WITH all those politically motivated cuts. You fucking, scribbling liars!

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. "...especially where he deems to find alleged waste, fraud, and abuse..."

You mean 'spending a dime on anyone other than the rich'?

That 'alleged waste, fraud, and abuse'?

[maxrandb]

14. Newsweek is nothing but Reich-wing trash

Sold to Reich-wing trash owners a while back.

Fortunately, Newsweek is just a shell of what it used to be, as far as their reach and impact.

They are kinda' like "Reader's Digest for Nazis"...almost like a fascist created comic book.

[mdbl]

15. So true.

"President Donald Trump has heavily focused on the nation's financial health since returning to office, moving with cold efficiency to cut spending, especially where he deems to find alleged waste, fraud, and abuse"

That is the biggest bunch of bullshit yet. Donald Dump has wasted more money and resources, some for his own gain than all other presidents combined.

[BradBo]

16. The US is an Axis power now. They'll have to kick us out over bad debt,

The UN will have to run without the US.
That’s Trumps goal.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. Who's going to sue? Don't expect anything but a wink and a nod from Don.

His method of honoring financial obligations is the only time stiff is an operative word in his flaccid reality.

Thanks for this, BRDS. ❤️

[republianmushroom]

18. Dead beat Pres. and administration, nothing more to say.

Total ass dead beats.

[Javaman]

19. he never pays his bills, why should he start now...

ask any contractor that did work for him. The list is very long.

[Seinan Sensei]

20. Every kindergarten has kids who make houses and towers out of blocks

And then you have that one kid running around the room, trying to kick-down everyone’s houses and towers

[LiberalArkie]

22. I think they should move to Geneva or Brussels..

[DSandra]

32. Yup. Why stay in America with its current state?

[Bayard]

24. trump probably wants that building to turn it into a trump hotel

He's been planning on bankrupting the UN all along. He hates everything it stands for.

[Bluetus]

28. Trump has always been a deadbeat. Now he has made the US a deadbeat nation.

[LiberalArkie]

34. Maybe the U.S. treasury is paying the bill, but to a different bank account number now.

[otchmoson]

30. Fair share, anyone?

He told NATO that members must pay their fair share . . . they've been cheating the U.S. for years. Well, President Pedo, how about the U.S. paying its fair share to the UN? Oh, that's right . . . you LOVE stiffing others, that's your super-power.

[peppertree]

33. "President Donald Trump has heavily focused on the nation's financial health"????

Who wrote that little nugget? Trump's blow-up doll Katie Leave-it??

[Deuxcents]

35. I'm missing something..doesn't Congress hold the purse strings and pay the bills? Where do they fit in here?