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Is America turning its back on the world?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point.

Late last year, Donald Trump tweeted that the United Nations had become, quote,

just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time.

His budget proposal released today includes massive cuts in U.S. contributions to U.N. programs, including peacekeeping and environmental protection.

UN critics say it's about time. But whatever the U.N.'s shortcomings, supporters call reversing decades of U.S. policy a threat to international order and a risk to America's own national

security. Later on today's talking point, a group of anti-Semite says a top Trump advisor

took a lifelong loyalty oath to their organization.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll hear back with To The Point. President Trump has made no secret of his contempt for the United Nations, and he's not alone.

But will proposed cuts in U.S. contributions be counterproductive to America's role in the world and to national security.

Today's talking point, top Trump advisor Sebastian Gorka may have jeopardized his own immigration

status by failing to disclose ties to a Hungarian group that once collaborated with Adolf Hitler.

We'll hear from an investigative reporter.

First, this news update, President Trump has released his proposed budget with massive reductions

to the EPA, the arts, science, and America's poor. His White House budget director Mick Mulvaney

provided a rationale today on a CBS program. The president wants more money for defense. He wants more

money for border enforcement. In fact, he wants more money for law enforcement. Generally,

we increase that part of the Department of Justice. He wants more money for veterans and he wants more money for border enforcement. In fact, he wants more money for law enforcement. Generally, we increase that part of the Department of Justice. He wants more money for veterans, and he wants more money for things like school choice. And he wants to do that without adding to the deficit this year. Christopher Engram reports for the Washington Post, Wank Blah. Good to have you, as always. Hey, thanks for having me. So is there any chance that this budget will pass?

Absolutely.

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