Former UN Ambassador John Bolton dismisses U.S. reform effort at UN as "just the usual rhetoric"

"Former American ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton says a U.S. -sponsored draft declaration on U.N. reform being chaired next week by President Trump 'is just the usual rhetoric.'

Trump will be in New York next week for his first U.N. General Assembly, where his first act of business will be to chair the U.S.-sponsored event on U.N reform...

'The draft declaration is just the usual rhetoric. It could have been issued five years ago, or 50 years ago,' John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the world body, told Fox News.

'It reads like it was drafted by the U.N. Secretariat,' he said, referring to the U.N.'s executive arm...

'The only reform that can make a sustained difference over time is to eliminate assessed contributions and move entirely to voluntary contributions of all U.N. agencies and programs. Then, we will see results, and if not, defunding will follow,' he said..."