Trump Cuts Ties With UN

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President Trump’s bold withdrawal from the UN’s anti-racism forums exposed a shocking global reparations scheme that would have forced American taxpayers to fund compensation for slavery and colonialism worldwide.

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Trump pulled the U.S. out of UN forums pushing a “global reparations agenda” tied to slavery and colonialism
The Durban-based process was condemned as “racist” against Israel and biased against Western nations
African Union designated 2025 as “Year of Justice Through Reparations” with new Global Reparations Fund
UN forums continue accelerating reparations demands despite U.S. withdrawal from Trump era

Trump Exposes UN’s Anti-American Reparations Agenda

President Trump’s administration took decisive action against the UN’s Durban-based anti-racism forums, which had morphed into vehicles for extracting reparations from Western nations. The Trump administration systematically boycotted these forums from 2017-2020, denouncing them as “racist” against Israel and as promoting a “global reparations agenda” that sought to hold America financially responsible for historical slavery and colonialism. This bold stance defended American sovereignty against international extortion disguised as social justice.

The forums Trump targeted stem from the 2001 Durban World Conference Against Racism, which adopted the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. This document explicitly labels slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as “crimes against humanity” and demands “remedial actions” and reparatory justice frameworks. The U.S. and Israel had already walked out of the original 2001 conference over language that unfairly targeted Israel, establishing a precedent for American resistance to these biased proceedings.

Global Reparations Movement Accelerates Despite U.S. Opposition

While Trump protected America from this international shakedown, the global reparations agenda has only intensified since his presidency. The UN created the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in 2021, providing a permanent platform for reparations advocacy. The African Union designated 2025 as the “Year of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” formalizing continent-wide political pressure for financial compensation from former colonial powers and slave-trading nations like the United States.

The latest UN forum session in April 2025 put reparations at the center of its agenda, with speakers declaring that reparatory justice demands “can no longer be ignored.” Delegates at a 2025 reparations summit in Ghana agreed to establish a Global Reparations Fund based in Africa, creating institutional machinery to extract wealth from Western nations. These developments vindicate Trump’s prescient withdrawal from forums that were always designed to guilt and financially penalize successful Western democracies.

Defending American Interests Against UN Overreach

Trump’s withdrawal was part of a broader pattern of rejecting globalist institutions that undermine American sovereignty. His administration also withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council in 2018, calling it “a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights.” These decisive actions protected America from international bodies that consistently target democratic allies like Israel while ignoring real human rights abusers like China and Iran.

The reparations agenda represents a fundamental attack on American prosperity and constitutional principles. By linking historical grievances to contemporary financial obligations, these UN forums seek to establish dangerous precedents for international wealth redistribution. Trump’s resistance prevented America from legitimizing claims that could have opened the floodgates to massive reparations demands, protecting taxpayers from billions in potential liability disguised as historical justice.