Obama's parting gift to the world put America 9 billion dollars in the hole. I only hope there's some way Trump can undo at least some of these bad deals. He appears to be giving it his best shot. "Obama gave $9.2B to UN, linked groups in last year in office EXCLUSIVE: In its last year in office, the Obama Administration showered at least some $9.2 billion on the United Nations and its sprawling array of organizations, according to a document recently posted on the State Department websit The total is gleaned from a document that summarizes U.S. government spending for international organizations, and is about 20 per cent higher than the $7.7 billion figure given out by State for 2010, before the Obama Administration abruptly quit providing any overall tally for its U.N. support. The overall U.S. bill for international organizations of every stripe is just under $10.5 billion, meaning that U.N. organizations absorb about 88 per cent of such U.S. government spending. The new tally includes nearly $360 million for the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, which is regularly accused of inculcating violent anti-Israel attitudes and even abetting terrorist attacks on Israel, which it strongly denies. That is nearly a 50 per cent jump over the $238.3 million UNRWA got from the U.S. in 2010." (Last week, the Trump Administration froze a last-minute, $221 million donation by the Obama Administration that was intended for the Palestinian Authority.) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/obamas-last-money-shower-for-un-some-9-2-billion.html
Well. That's half a billion dollars to Palestinian cause that we know of. And Palestinians have just filed multiple lawsuits against Americans and their allies. Do they know not what they're doing, Palestinians?
Obama thought if he gave out taxpayer dollars like Santa Claus the world would love us. So much for that.
No wonder we are in such debt. He gave to everybody and had none left for Americans...despicable man...
He just gave THIRTY-EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS of US taxpayer's money to the fascist regime in Israel. Why do I see no outrage ? That's just military aid. You should see the actual totals.
They have an exceptionally strong case, apparently- particularly as the United Nations just condemned the neoZionist ' settlements ' as illegal following the USA's admirable refusal to veto Resolution 2334.
Doesn't Congress approve expenditures for foreign aid and the UN. Maybe it's a block figure for Foreign aid . ..?
The top 4 countries in 2016who received foreign aid. Article did not say if that included military aid ? http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmc...foreign-aid-in-2016-infographic/#4d973a273433 Israel $ 3.1 Billion Afghanistan$1.51 bil Egypt $1.46 bil Jordan $1.0 bil BTW in
That's the way it's supposed to work but Obama has done an end run around Congress throughout his terms.
Do you honestly believe that any single amount of that money will trickle down to the Palestinian people? Go towards improving the infrastructure and welfare of the Palestinian people? Or will it be given out hand over fist for the acquisition of newer,vastly improved,latest in technology weaponry in a flagrant attempt to further the Palestinian cause. I give it a few months before they go running off to the UN,as was the case of Hezbollah controlled Lebanon in 2006,asking for yet another monetary handout and sympathetic goodwill gesture.
