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Is it likely he may pull financial support from the u.n.? >> he may try. and it is not just him. lindsay graham said he's going to propose legislation to defund the united nations if they don't overturn this resolution. the u.s. puts 1/5 of the budget. and so if they were to do that, that would be devastating. and it is an effort to create leverage for president elect trump. we'll see what happens. but it could be devastating to the u.n. budget. they don't know it will actually happen. >> "outfront" tonight. ben fersen. and bakari sellers. good to have you both. ben, was it a mistake on the pa...

U.n. ambassador. she may lack foreign experience but will need to hit the ground run aring. >> day-to-day issues that she doesn't know b. and the problem they face the delegates have been there for a long time. the counterpart for russia has been there ten years. >> and the russians pay 200 million and the 22 percent of the u.n. budget, that more of any other country and 185 of those other nations totally combined. so we may save a chunk of change. >> santa swapping out his sleigh for scuba gear. why is st. nick swimming with the the sharks.

United nations. >> reporter: former u.n. ambassador john bolton predicts the president-elect will take a hard stance in the u.n. he said 3 billion that the american taxpayers pay could you cut. >> a think a good hard look at the u.n. budget is overdue and i would not be a president trump in office pays attention to it. >> it is totally insanity. >> reporter: that was the opinion of donald trump ten years ago. and he accused the u.n. of overspending. >> it is the most corrupt thing going on in the world which is saying something or one of the most incompetent things i have seen. >> reporter: ni...

Deal, climate change initiatives and resettling refugees. >> the overwhelming feeling among most members was that barack obama was their kind of u.s. president, so i think it will be a different reception. but i think the whole point of the idea of making america great again is to reassert ourselves, especially in bodies like the united nations. >> reporter: former u.n. ambassador john bolden who has talked to mr. trump about joining the administration predicts the president-elect will take a hard stance at the u.n. he says the almost $3 billion american taxpayers paid this year alone, the mos...

United nations. >> former un embassador john bolton who served republican president george w. bush and talk today mr. trump about joining the administration predicts the president elect will take a hard stance at the un. he says almost $3 billion american taxpayers this year alone, the most of any nation could be cut. >> i think a good hard look at the un budget is long overdue and i wouldn't be at all surprised if a president trump wants an office, does pay particular attention to it. >> it's total insanity. >> that what was the undiplomatic opinion a decade ago when we sat down to discuss th...