Brett D. Schaefer

Ambassador Blanchard: For too long, the UN let costs spiral out of control. Today at FAO, the United States led other nations to end wasteful business class travel for all FAO staff. Members from every region joined us to cut excessive spending and demand transparency from senior leadership. U.S. taxpayers will no longer tolerate waste at the UN—and we're holding @FAO to account. #USUNRome #FAO #ReformNow #UN80 @USUN @usmissiongeneva @usunvie @State_IO

As a historian, I can tell you that societies that allow Jews to thrive are societies in history that are flourishing themselves. Look at America. It is the center of the most influential, the wealthiest, the most powerful Jewish community that has ever existed in the world, and it is no surprise it is also the most powerful, the most influential, and the wealthiest force for good the world has ever had. We are privileged to live here. But on the other hand, societies that allow themselves to be taken over by Jew hatred are societies that are sick and dying. Look at the Russia of Kishinev in 1903, the worst pogrom of the 20th century before the Holocaust. It was the biggest country in the world at that time. It had existed for hundreds of years. 14 years later, it was gone. Look at the Germany of Kristallnacht in 1938, the most powerful army, the most powerful air force. It was supposed to be the thousand-year Reich. Just seven years later, it was dead. So not because I'm a Jew, but because I am an American who came here from Venezuela with nothing, knowing no one, and who was embraced by this community and this country with open arms, which has given me and my family every blessing and privilege under the sun, I understand that we, each of us, Jew and not Jew alike, have a moral and practical obligation to root out anti-Semitism in our society because it is the moral rot in the wooden framework of our house. If we are not careful, it will bring the entire edifice tumbling down on all of us, not just the Jews.

Absolutely brutal. This thread is a throwback to a genre from the early blogosphere called "fisking," where you took apart an article sentence by sentence. It establishes that @NickKristof and quite literally everyone at the NYT who cleared his article are vicious Jew haters.

Hamas must demilitarize. Full stop. This is the next critical step to achieving lasting peace in Gaza as outlined in President Trump’s historic Peace Plan. usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-a-u…

Today, the U.S. voted no on the UN's effort to rewrite international law to attack American energy. We successfully peeled off some of the worst elements -- resulting in the final passage of something much weaker and much less cumbersome.   For example, the final version removed a devastating registry of damages aimed at "climate reparations" to allow the world to fine Americans for our energy usage. We cut the resolution's overly broad language that would ban certain kinds of energy over time. What the General Assembly wound up passing was a mandate for a new report from the Secretary General, but one that requires American input. We still opposed that (we don't need another UN report) but thanks to our efforts, American energy workers won't have to fear for their jobs because of this resolution.   The UN should drop its focus on climate change and return to its core mission of ending conflict. usun.usmission.gov/explanation-of…

Murder? Mayhem? Rape? Terrorism? Fear not, if you work at the @UN, odds are, they're cool with it. @BrettDSchaefer and I write, it's time for justice. thedispatch.com/article/united…

The privileges and immunities accorded the UN have become an anachronism. Corruption, criminality, and terrorism are not rare in the world body; accountability is. Putting an end to UN impunity is imperative. thedispatch.com/article/united…

Climate activists TRIED to cancel @RogerPielkeJr. They failed. “You can’t be canceled," says Pielke. "You can let them cancel you, but you can’t be canceled.” Now, @AEI funds his research. How Pielke resisted the climate mob:

Taiwan warned the world about COVID. China lied, silenced doctors, and let the virus spread. This week, for the 10th straight year, the UN’s global health body excluded Taiwan because Beijing demanded it. Taiwan told the truth. China covered it up. The UN rewards China anyway.

World Health Organization finds its purpose.

I love Elon Musk and X but one has to ask why they still allow terrorists in Tehran to wage war against America using their platform. All while the internet is shut down for ordinary Iranians.

UN: We don't know who bombed our humanitarian convoy in southern Ukraine Russians: Here's a cool video of us bombing a UN humanitarian convoy in southern Ukraine. We totally did it and will do it again UN: We call on all sides to stop any unpleasantness

Honestly, this is one of the weirdest things (I know, I know) that Team Trump is doing. Funneling BILLIONS without the constraints of US law to the United Nations. What the heck, @marcorubio @michaelgwaltz ???

Hearing the MOU for this aid again fails to: abide by Mexico City; require vetting for US designated terror groups like Hamas; require US oversight by the OIG; or explicitly prohibit funding to UNFPA, UNRWA. Hope this is wrong. MOU needs to be public. devex.com/news/scoop-tru…

REVERSAL: Lebanon blasts Iran at the U.N., accusing Tehran of militarily infiltrating Lebanon, violating Lebanese sovereignty, using Hezbollah & IRGC to wage war from Lebanese soil, ignoring formal Lebanese government decisions and expulsion orders & abusing diplomatic immunity.

What the New York Times didn’t want you to read today. So they published what they published. Read it now. Don’t look away.

The list seems comprised mostly of buildings, mosques, and other sites of relatively recent vintage. Not to downgrade the damage, but do all 164 "embody the identity and history of the Palestinian people" in unique ways? unesco.org/en/gaza/assess…

The emphasis on education seems reasonable. But I hope the curriculum is not based on prior UNRWA educational materials that contained antisemitic material and references to martyrdom. gao.gov/products/gao-2…

The article also notes that UNESCO is training 1,010 journalists in Gaza. With a population of 2.1 million, that equates to 48 journalists per 100,000. The US ratio is 8 per 100,000. This seems a curious emphasis.