President Trump’s threats to defund all foreign aid recipients who voted against the US at the UN General Assembly on the Jerusalem question appear to have had little to no impact, with the vote ending in an embarrassingly high 128-9 defeat for the US.
While Trump appeared earlier in the week to be salivating at “saving money” by sticking it to those who vote against him, the fact is that materially every major recipient of US aid, except obviously for Israel, either voted against the US, or in a few rare cases, abstained.
This included “yes” votes from the entire Muslim world, including major US aid recipients like Jordan, Egypt, and Afghanistan. Voting with the US were mostly sparsely populated micronations, along with Guatemala and Honduras.
It’s hard to imagine, then, that the US can give any impression of following through on Trump’s threat, since the reality of the situation is that this would mean virtually the end of US foreign aid in one fell swoop.
The micro nations supporting the US in hopes of keeping aid and protection were supplemented by Australia and Canada, countries also formed by ethnically cleansing natives and replacing them with immigrants.
No-these did not vote no.
Somewhere in Israel there’s a casting couch where they’re conducting interviews for the next U.S. Govt official…
The embassy policy had not been implemented because of the anticipated widespread objections of most of the rest of the world. US diplomats should have been prepared to manage the decision in the best possible way. Instead, Haley, following in the footsteps of her two immediate predecessors, took every opportunity to compound the damage with juvenile threats to other members of the SC and to the GA. Important allies like Turkey were irretrievably lost because their national pride would not let them be bullied.
History will record this as the day when the already tarnished US claim of world leadership was repudiated. Leadership has failed, and coercion has also failed.
I expect the US will not pay its UN dues and this will precipitate the long anticipated move of the UN outside of the US. While many Americans will be happy to save US tax dollars, the UN move to Asia will prove the “indispensable nation” is dispensable. The US will join the UK in the ranks of the once powerful nations.
Trump’s vote bank will be happy. And that is what counts. They have no idea that the US rules the world through UN, they have been constantly fed the story that the godless UN army is coming to occupy this country.
The US tax dollars are nothing compared with what is spent on war, on the rich, on overthrowing governments, keeping hundreds of foreign bases open. US contribution in aid is also pitiful except military aid to governments to repress their own people.
A dream come true!!! The Asians are more diplomatic and thoughtful. The US political leaders are moronic thugs.
The “sparsely populated” micro nations, except Togo, get US aid to survive. In one of these our support is roughly 50% of the annual budget. While they are sovereign they are also in a “free association” with the USA. None are in the contested South China Sea. In terms of strategy they are only of marginal interest for the Philippines.
According to Dictionary.com
“Capital – the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country,state, etc.”
Therefore, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel because that’s where Israel’s seat of government is. If the Palestinians move their seat of government to Jerusalem, then Jerusalem will be the capital of Palestine, too.
It is an occupied land, if you move your seat of government to occupied land it should not be recognized as capital by other nations of the world. This is what the UN is trying to tell Trump by this vote.
That may be difficult,though supported by virtually all the Muslim countries plus Russia and others, as Israel takes over huge parts of East Jerusalem, no leaving much capital.
Israel should move its seat of government to tel aviv. Problem solved until an agreement is made on how Jerusalem will be divided.
Defund them all! Its far over due. Take care of your selves for awhile.
I’m sure these nations are kind of sick of being bribed by the U.S. with our foreign aid. At least they showed some spine.
You learned that in your extensive research did you? Lol
That’s right! Years of extensive research instead of swallowing the bilge that comes from the fifth column.
Great history lesson! Evangelical pre millennial dispensationalists make Jesus out to be a false prophet or liar by believing that the Western Wall was part of the Temple.
Well there you go, Trump is a unifier.
both Mexico and Canada abstained – the cowards….especially that Trudeau. I expect Nieto to do the master’s bidding, though until nafta the country had a more independent and liberal foreign policy
perhaps somewhat “realistic” as they say……I can imagine the arm twisting behind the scenes