Trump has set up his very own imitation UN, and he’s giving it 10 billion dollars of our money.

Trump promised that the United States would commit $10 billion to his Board of Peace, the body created for the security and redevelopment of the Gaza Strip, although he did not specify the source of that funding.

Well it’s not coming out of his wallet.

Trump described the Board of Peace as an institution that would “strengthen up the United Nations,” perhaps answering those who questioned whether he was trying to set up a competitor to the U.N. But he also described the Board as a group that is “going to almost be looking over the United Nations and making sure it runs properly.”

The Charter of the United Nations, signed in San Francisco in 1945, does not provide for any oversight organization.

Nor does it name Trump as just the right fella to set up such an organization.

Trump just said the United States would pay $10 billion into the Board of Peace, which he created and leads.

He gave no details on where the money would come from or if the administration had even requested it from Congress, which would have to approve the funds.

Huh? Wut? Wut mean? He’s the boss, he gets to give the money away and he doesn’t have to explain anything to the New York stinkin’ Times.

President Trump used his opening remarks at the Board of Peace meeting to reiterate his call for Iran to make a deal with him on his nuclear program, otherwise “bad things will happen.”

At one point he seemed to tease the possibility of military action: “You’re going to be finding out probably over the next 10 days,” he said. The U.S. military is building up forces in the Middle East for a possible strike.

Because Board of Peace.

The puns write themselves.

Trump has opened the Board of Peace event while top members of his government watch from the stage. This Trump-founded and Trump-led body was set up as a kind of rival to the United Nations. “In terms of power and in terms of prestige there’s never been anything close because these are the greatest leaders,” Trump said in his opening remarks.

But America’s NATO allies have refused to join, and Trump acknowledged that some nations were absent. “Some are playing a little cute,” he said.

Nations that have joined include Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Indonesia, Pakistan and Qatar.

Mmmmmm. I think I’ll just play a little cute, thanks.