Trump snubbed, India and other nations refuse to pay more at the UN

US president Donald Trump promised to save American taxpayers money by getting other countries to contribute more to international organisations has been put to the test at the United Nations.

President Donald Trump’s promise to save American taxpayers money by getting other countries to contribute more to international organisations has been put to the test at the United Nations.

It didn’t go well.

American diplomats in New York lobbied countries including India, Brazil, and Turkey to increase their financial support for the UN’s $6.7 billion-a-year peacekeeping budget, but they came up short during negotiations this month. That will leave the “blue helmets,” who monitor conflict zones from South Sudan to Lebanon, with a $220 million shortfall for the year, as the US refuses to pay more than a quarter of