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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 06:19 PM Dec 2017

Canada attending Nikki Haley's 'friendship' party after Jerusalem vote at the UN

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/nikki-haley-jerusalem-party-blanchard-1.4462707

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is throwing a party for all the countries who didn't vote against the United States on its controversial bid to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel — and Canada plans to attend.

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After the vote, Haley tweeted a photo naming the 65 nations that either voted no, were absent or abstained, like Canada. She said: "We appreciate these countries for not falling to the irresponsible ways of the UN."

She later sent invitations to the group for a Jan. 3 reception to "thank you for your friendship to the United States."


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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
3. Trudeau changed our vote from backing the US to neutral because he did not want to look like a
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 06:51 PM
Dec 2017

US puppet. We are in NAFTA talks.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
6. It's official: we have 12 year olds in charge of the government.
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 07:50 PM
Dec 2017

What's next? Do we find which countries want to play with us on the monkey bars? Do we exchange valentines?

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