There appears to be a growing number of global leaders embracing President Donald Trump’s mold, with one of the leading candidates to be the next United Nations secretary general even vowing to "make the U.N.great again."Macky Sall, the former president of Senegal, is one of the leading candidates under consideration for the top administrator role at the U.N.
He is also a supporter of Trump’s foreign policy.In an interview with Breitbart, he called Trump "a peace builder" despite "some problems today with Iran."Sall lauded the U.S.
as "the first power in the world to be with the U.N.," while emphasizing, "They need to be with the UN." At the same time, he admitted that "the U.N.also should be reformed to be efficient," saying, "With other member states together we can build a better UN, or to MUNGA — we can Make the UN Great Again."Sall is not the only one holding this sentiment.
According to Hugh Dugan, a U.N.insider with decades of experience in the body, the "MUNGA" slogan, first coined by Trump’s U.N.
ambassador Mike Waltz, has become a familiar rallying cry at the global organization.TRUMP MUST MAKE UN FUNDING CONDITIONAL ON REAL REFORMS, EX-DIPLOMAT URGESMacky Sall (right), former Senegal president and United Nations secretary general top contender, has pledged to "make the U.N.great again." (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)Dugan served as a U.S.
delegate to the U.N.for 26 years and advised 11 U.S.
ambassadors during that time.He served on the National Security Council during Trump's first term and currently leads Multilateral Accountability Associates, a nonprofit dedicated to holding the U.N.
and other international bodies accountable. He explained that the MUNGA push is feeding on a growing dissatisfaction by U.N.member states over the body being mired in bureaucracy and unable to fulfill its core functions of maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly international relations and prom...