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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...

Critics think the president-elect will take a hard stance at the u.n. he says the almost $3 billion in american taxpayers this year alone, the most of any of the nation, could face cuts. >> i think a good, hard look at the u.n. budget is long overdue. and i wouldn't be at all surprised if a president trump wants an office that will pay attention to him. >> donald trump testified to congress, at least in a discussion near the multi-billion renovation back in 2006. when he attacked the u.n. then of overspending. >> it is the most corrupt thing going on in the world, which is saying something, or...

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Those are your headlines. >> we have been talking about tax megeddon at the end of the year when the tax cuts are set to expire and every american would feel it in some form or fashion. now, forget the american tax megeddon, it looks like a global tax megeddon if the united nations gets its way. >> this was discussed at the u.n. general assembly. probably not likely to be instituted or supported by the united states who is already the biggest contribute ter to the u.n. over 20% of the u.n. budget. here is what has been proposed. a 1% tax on billion nargs around the world. a tax on all currency...

Give or how much is if this budget? hundreds of millions? billions? how much do we give the u.n.? >>guest: 26 percent of the u.n. budget, 26 percent! that's a huge chunk considering the other nations are members of the u.n. including saudi arabia, and these other nations vote against us, and it is time, i believe, that the united states change the way it approaches the u.n. and looks at the u.n. while in the going after world war ii when the united nations was founded as an organization for the world to come together and work together with 103 inflation states represented, but it was created t...