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Trump Says He Could Save U.N. Nearly $1 Billion
A.B.C. ^ | Spetember 23, 2015 | No Attribution

Posted on 09/23/2015 10:49:10 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

New York billionaire entrepreneur Donald Trump says he can potentially save the United Nations $1 billion. Could it be a case of unexpected humanitarianism, hyper-aggressive business, bravado, or perhaps all of the above?

In an interview with ABCNEWS.com, the real estate and casino mogul says the perpetually cash-strapped organization has massively overvalued the preliminary projected cost for renovating and expanding its 50-year-old historic headquarters on the East River in Manhattan.

A U.N. study released last year estimated it could cost from $964 million to $1.054 billion to renovate the complex over a 6-year or 12-year period, plus up to $500 million more in interest payments on loans. The cost, theoretically, would be borne by member countries including the United States.

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To: Paladin2

“Move the UN HQ to Zimbabwe.”

Better yet, put it in Islamabad

Let the multicultural fools deal with a real honest to God terrible place. Harare is so poor that the UN might actually be a stimulus for the Zimbabwe economy.


21 posted on 09/24/2015 12:45:47 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Trump Says He Could Save U.N. Nearly $1 Billion

Just charge each UN rapist $1000 and that should cover half.


22 posted on 09/24/2015 1:02:38 AM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: MeshugeMikey

By cancelling their unpaid parking tickets?


23 posted on 09/24/2015 1:03:36 AM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: Free in Texas
The Hague? I was thinking more along the lines of Mogadishu.
24 posted on 09/24/2015 1:13:19 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Get out of the UN and KICK THEM OUT (with prejudice) of the US

AND... Like Rush Limbaugh has proffered ... Speak or act badly towards the US... WE CUT THEM OFF of all Aid, for 5 Years Minimum ... a 100% record of Ass Kissing for 5 years and they can get back on the Gravy Train and they have to maintain the 100% Ass Kissing or get bounced back to the end of that 5 year line and start over again.

We can start this with $150 Billion earmarked for IRAN (but the problem is, Politicians have worked out all of these deals) ... Foreign Aid = Their Retirement ... Our Prisons could be filled with Politicians if we had an aggressive group of Investigators, I would suggest a 10% Finders Fee (20% if they can prove the Politicians tried to buy them off) and REALLY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
We could fix this Government in our Children’s Generation


25 posted on 09/24/2015 1:21:04 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: MeshugeMikey

The entire criminal- and terrorist-abetting operation that is the UN should either be relocated either to The Hague or Geneva.


26 posted on 09/24/2015 1:54:13 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged, you're part of the problem.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Donald Trump says he can potentially save the United Nations $1 billion

I have another idea that would save the UN more than $2 Billions, not just once... but every year.


27 posted on 09/24/2015 1:55:19 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: MeshugeMikey

The entire criminal- and terrorist-abetting operation that is the UN should be relocated either to The Hague or Geneva.


28 posted on 09/24/2015 1:56:02 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged, you're part of the problem.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

What an amazing guy... Helping out the poor UN... Not! Sounds like he just let the UN know he has a price tag... The UN does not belong here...we are a sovereign nation paid for by the blood of those who gave their lives to free it and keep it free.


29 posted on 09/24/2015 1:57:43 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

For the life of me I don’t know what good they do. Give them notice. They should be located in Switzerland.


30 posted on 09/24/2015 2:30:39 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: LucyT

“It’s a lot more fun spending other people’s money. “.......

Especially U.S. money. The UN is a parasite on this nation and we should opt out and be rid of the entire bunch.


31 posted on 09/24/2015 2:34:00 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Robwin
Can't do that as a businessman or a candidate.....
32 posted on 09/24/2015 3:39:10 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: DoughtyOne; All
Shut it down. Save a lot more than that..., each year.

I once agreed with the idea of shutting down the U.N. and throwing them out of the U.S., however in retrospect I believe it is more to our advantage to keep those America-hating sons o' bitches right there in New York City. Why you ask?

Because it is far easier to conduct continuous and effective surveillance (both physical and electronic) of our enemies when they are right here on U.S. soil.

If the U.N. were kicked out and if they moved to somewhere like Geneva, it would be more difficult to gather intel on foreign soil.

It is a 'feel-good' option to say "kick the U.N. out", but with an Administration that will look after American interests first, keeping those U.N. toadies around gives us greater opportunity to know just what they're up to in their plush U.N. offices all the time.
34 posted on 09/24/2015 3:49:31 AM PDT by mkjessup (If you really support Ted Cruz, don't be trashing Trump, Cruz doesn't, why should you?)
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To: Robwin

I like the way you think.


35 posted on 09/24/2015 4:07:25 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (1 of 172)
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To: mkjessup

If the UN were out of NY AND we quit paying the bulk of the cost AND cut off any aid to foreign countries who don’t need it or who hate us, we would have plenty of money for surveillance and to fix our own country. The UN would collapse (mercifully) if we did not pay for it.


36 posted on 09/24/2015 4:09:09 AM PDT by nclaurel
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To: MeshugeMikey

If he understood what the UN is really up to he would pay to bulldoze it into the Hudson River.


37 posted on 09/24/2015 4:13:41 AM PDT by Captain7seas
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To: MeshugeMikey

They should relocate the UN about 200 miles directly East.


38 posted on 09/24/2015 4:33:50 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I could save the UN a lot more. Shut it down.


39 posted on 09/24/2015 4:37:39 AM PDT by all the best
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To: dp0622

Where did you hear that?


40 posted on 09/24/2015 5:06:14 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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