It was placed in the US to get the US to stay as a member. None of the big and powerful countries care for UN all that much but them leaving could’ve just been another League of Nations fiasco. Or that was the thinking behind it, iirc.
And now I expect we’ll see another League of Nations fiasco soon, Trump has already denied visas to world leaders that he doesn’t like so that they theoretically can’t come to the UN. The treaty the US signed regarding the UN means they don’t need visas for that, but we all know how Trump loves to follow agreements.
Maybe the UN can survive in some form by relocating, IIRC they do have a secondary office in Geneva already.
It was placed in the US to get the US to stay as a member. None of the big and powerful countries care for UN all that much but them leaving could’ve just been another League of Nations fiasco. Or that was the thinking behind it, iirc.
And now I expect we’ll see another League of Nations fiasco soon, Trump has already denied visas to world leaders that he doesn’t like so that they theoretically can’t come to the UN. The treaty the US signed regarding the UN means they don’t need visas for that, but we all know how Trump loves to follow agreements.
Maybe the UN can survive in some form by relocating, IIRC they do have a secondary office in Geneva already.