It's not a gigantic line item in the federal budget, but don't get caught up in the Washington way of thinking: A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money! It's $10 billion. That's lots and lots and lots of real money. And while cutting half of it might only be a blip on the radar screen as far as the overall federal budget is concerned, it's would represent around 10 percent of the UN's budget if Trump and Tillerson really do eliminate it.
Is this happening? It sure sounds like it:
