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Threats of diminished U.S. role in U.N. returns with political season

Nikki Haley has adopted Trump's hard line against U.N. participation but stopped short of calling for total withdrawal.

Then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley during a 2017 visit to Geneva
Then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley during a 2017 visit to Geneva (AN/Eric Bridiers)

The anti-U.N. rhetoric in the Republican wing of American politics is cranking up again as the presidential race gears up for the 2024 election.

Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations campaigning to topple Donald Trump as the presumed Republican nominee for president, called for the U.N. to be defunded "as much as possible."

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