Waltz Says UN Needs ‘Tough Love’ and Reforms to Get More US Cash

Feb. 26, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC

The Trump administration will pay more of the dues it owes to the United Nations as long as the world body keeps enacting reforms demanded by Washington, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said.

“There’ll be more coming,” Waltz said in an interview on Wednesday. “But there’ll be more reforms with it.”

Waltz’s comments will offer a measure of reassurance to the UN, which has been plunged into financial crisis since President Donald Trump cut off funding at the start of his second term. Earlier this month, the White House paid $160 million, a fraction of the $2 ...

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