The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a measure critical of President Donald Trumps decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haleys warning that the move could put funding for their nations and the global body at risk.
The nonbinding UN resolution passed on Thursday by a vote of 128-9, with 35 nations abstaining. Key U.S. allies backing the measure over Trumps threats included the U.K., France, Italy, Japan and Germany. The U.S. was joined in opposition by countries including Guatemala, Nauru and Micronesia. Abstentions included Australia, Canada and Argentina.
Hilarious. Sounds like a spoiled brat for the first time in their life, being told that actions have consequences.
I don't think your vote and your dignity are for sale, sir, I KNOW they are for sale. It just so happens that you have sold them to the wrong party this time.
Q: What is the difference between a Mizzou snowflake and a United Nations snowflake.
We shouldn’t make idol threats of pulling funding unless we are damn well willing to follow through.
Unfortunately, the US can’t do that. This is the General Assembly, not the Security Council.
With Obama, probably true. Trump maybe not so much.
But it is still only a threat.
Let’s see, the majority voting block of the UN is OIC. So the UN/Islam sure voted the way they did.
How did we _ever_ get to the point where we’re part of an international institution which is dominated by Islam?
Why are we paying for an instution mostly _controlled_ by Islam?
Keep a naughty and nice list, Nikki.
What an idiotic headline. “UN Defies Trump”... You only “defy” someone when they have some kind of authority over you and you ignore or simply refuse to go along. The UN decided (by a vote of that irrelevant body) to reject the US announcement of recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (and the associated plan to move the embassy there). What we recognize or do in this case has zero dependency on what the UN or any nation thinks or wants.
Let the U.N. lead itself into the ashbin of irrelevancy. Just a bunch of Jew-hating socialists anyway.