The United Nations of Trump
Also, UNRWA gets demolished in East Jerusalem, and analyzing international hypocrisy on Iran.
Donald Trump delivers remarks to the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly 2025. (whitehouse.gov)
It’s Tuesday, January 20, and if you were drafting a charter for Gaza’s overarching managing board, what would you include? Probably a few obvious things—Gaza, Palestinians, maybe Israel, or reconstruction.
Now imagine, instead, that Donald Trump was trying to build a replacement for the United Nations. What would that charter look like?
Well, Trump’s new “Board of Peace” doesn’t mention Gaza, Palestinians, or reconstruction at all. Instead, the charter focuses on member states, leaders, and voting procedures. According to the document, each country gets a three-year free trial—but a billion dollars buys you a permanent seat at the table. And who holds the power to interpret the charter, dissolve the board, and appoint his own successor? The chairman, of course—Donald J. Trump.
So yes, it looks a lot less like a reconstruction plan for Gaza, and a lot more like a demolition of the UN.
The invite list hints at a much broader scope. After all, the only other place you’d find leaders from Russia, Argentina, Belarus, Canada, Australia, Egypt, Hungary, Pakistan, Jordan, Turkey, Israel, and India all sitting at the same table is the UN General Assembly.
Trump’s grudge against the UN is long-standing—dating back to the early 2000s when he lost the bid to renovate the UN headquarters. In office the first time, he pulled the U.S. out of the UN Human Rights Council. And just last week, he issued an executive order withdrawing from 35 non-UN organizations and 31 UN entities that, in his words, “operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.”
Now, I’m no fan of corruption, dictatorships, or hypocrisy—so the UN isn’t exactly my favorite hangout either. But trying to build an alternative is an interesting move.
Here’s one positive and one negative:
Positive—Trump’s foreign policy often swings between America-first isolationism and unexpected bouts of internationalism. Making himself chairman of a new global institution? That’s a bold leap toward the latter.
Negative—The “Board of Peace” doesn’t seem especially interested in solving the issue it’s supposedly built to address: Gaza. That responsibility, it seems, will fall to the executive council—composed of technocrats, plus regional patrons of Hamas like Turkey and Qatar.
Zooming out, what’s the future of the United Nations of Trump?
Well, France snubbed the invitation—and is now facing down the barrel of a 200 percent tariff on French wine. Other countries, either out of fear or affection for Trump, are likely to join. After all, entry is free, and for those seeking VIP status, $1 billion to get on Trump’s good side is a small price—especially compared to the trillions in promised investments in America.
The problem? Organizations built around one man’s power rarely outlive that man’s power. Personally, I wouldn’t opt for the premium subscription. I’d be surprised if the board is relevant by 2029.
Still, there’s something comedic about a man once snubbed over a renovation contract—two decades later, deciding to just build a UN from scratch.
UNRWA facility in East Jerusalem is being demolished this morning.
UNRWA is being demolished in East Jerusalem. After decades of funneling funds to terrorists—and a full year after being declared illegal—the UN agency’s crime spree may finally be coming to an end.
Unlike in Gaza, tearing down this particular UNRWA facility carries no risk of burying hostages beneath it. But like in Gaza, the building served as a hub of incitement—indoctrinating Palestinian children with hatred for Israel and glorifying terrorism.
After revelations that many of the organization’s Gazan employees were moonlighting as Hamas terrorists, the Knesset banned UNRWA from operating in Israel in January 2025. Not much happened at first. The agency continued operating in East Jerusalem until Israeli police finally seized its compound in December over a backlog of unpaid taxes.
Now, under Israeli law, the land can finally be repurposed for something more useful to the public than terrorist glorification—say, a park. Or a landfill.
All I can say is: about time.
(Jewish Onliner)
In the span of two weeks, the Iranian regime massacred somewhere between 12,000 and 20,000 civilians protesting its oppression. That’s a more destructive fortnight than any seen during the Gaza conflict. One would think that if my job were human rights, I’d have something to say about that.
But an analysis by Jewish Onliner found that while the world’s biggest NGOs, UN agencies, and activist networks can’t stop talking about Israel, they’ve had almost nothing to say about Iran’s slaughter of its own citizens.
Between October 7, 2023, and January 14, 2026, researchers analyzed more than 181,000 social media posts from twenty major organizations—including Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, UN Human Rights, and Amnesty-affiliated networks.
The findings? Of those groups, only three explicitly condemned the Iranian regime’s execution of an estimated 12,000–20,000 protesters during the current uprising. The highest authority on human rights, the UN Human Rights Council, took more than a week to release even a mild statement.
Some organizations have excused their silence by citing a lack of confirmation. But that didn’t stop them in Gaza—it shouldn’t stop them in Iran.
So, is this just another case of “No Jews, No News”? Or is it something worse— human rights have become so anti-West that mass murder is ignored if they oppose the U.S. and Israel.
Either way, if you’re looking for someone to protect your rights—and you happen to be in the “wrong” country—don’t count on the international community.
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Trump " help is on the way". 😔
Baloney seasoned with malarky. Just another episode of the Apprentice. Life follows art.