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UN faces uncertainty as Trump returns to White House

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member UN was 'just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.'

In his first term, Trump suspended funding for the UN health and family planning agencies, withdrew from its cultural organization and top human rights body, and jacked up tariffs on China and even longtime United States allies by flaunting the World Trade Organization's rulebook. The US is the biggest single donor to the UN, paying 22 percent of its regular budget.