Dysfunction was the main item on the agenda for the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, and President Trump was full-throated in expressing US disapproval.

In his speech, he called out the wobbly body’s inability to keep the peace.

“What is the purpose of the United Nations?” he flatly asked. “It’s empty words, and empty words don’t solve war.”

Trump’s frustration with the UN has been building up for years, and it’s likely to play out for a while more in the form of the United States withholding financial contributions — at least until reforms have been carried out.

The president also spoke in defense of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East and America’s closest ally in the region, stating that calls for a Palestinian state would be a reward for Hamas’ terro

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