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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:06 PM Dec 2017

With UN vote Trump got what he deserved.

By John Kirby, CNN National Security Analyst

Haley threatens to pull US funding to the UN

(CNN)The United States took a shellacking today at the United Nations, when 128 countries voted to denounce President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

But, in truth, not much is going to change as a result of this vote. The Trump administration will stand by its decision. They'll continue plans to move our embassy to Jerusalem. The moribund peace process will stay moribund. And, despite all Trump's threats, the United States will not cut off aid and assistance to every nation voting against us."

Trump unveils national security plan

Even Trump's much-touted national security strategy acknowledges, we "aid others judiciously, aligning our means to our objectives, but with a firm belief that we can improve the lives of others while establishing conditions for a more secure and prosperous world."
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"That said, it would be wrong to conclude that Thursday's vote didn't matter.
It mattered to the vast majority of nations who saw it as an opportunity not only to rebuke Trump, but also to remind themselves and their people of longstanding commitments they made to support UN resolutions about the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, about the importance of seeking a two-state solution, and about the need to preserve the final status of Jerusalem as an outcome of negotiations between the two sides -- rather than as some sort of fait accompli by one or more states".

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With UN vote Trump got what he deserved. (Original Post) Fred Sanders Dec 2017 OP
He will ask for a list of countries that get aid, and a list of countries where he has Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #1

Eliot Rosewater

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1. He will ask for a list of countries that get aid, and a list of countries where he has
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:08 PM
Dec 2017

any of his failing, about to be bankrupt if it wasnt for russian mob money businesses.

Any country he personally doesnt need he will put a check mark next to, he will ask if any of his biggest supporters needs that country for any reason, if not, off they go from the list.

He and the GOP did the same to PR and blue states with the tax bill.

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