In Rare Move, Trump Threatens to Cut Aid to UN Members Who Vote Against Jerusalem

Haaretz ^ | Dec 20, 2017 | Boa Landeu (Reuters)

[11th_VA]

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor Thursday of the United Nations resolution rejecting Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Speaking to reporters at the White House Wednesday, Trump also expressed support for a letter sent by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, in which she warned member states against supporting the resolution.

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"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us," Trump said. "Well, we're watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care."

[TrumpisRight]

Disagree:

Line 1: The strings attached requirements with China. Like Western culture more then dictatorships.

Line 2: Somewhat true, but is US cash better and stronger the China cash?

Line 3: Yes, but buying them is not a relationship it is but an acquaintances.

Line 4: Not so true in today world, take put do not give.

[AbolishCSEU]

[Rebelbase]

Found it.

[chuckee]

Either sing for your supper or no supper.

[M Kehoe]

I am Not tired of winning.

5.56mm

[chuckee]

Convert the UN into section 8 housing

[Vaden]

Nice story but I truly hate that paper! They are traitors to Israel just like the ultralib papers are here to us! Grossly anti-Israel!

[DoughtyOne]

I remember when the Soviet Union had many fellow travelers in the Middle East. Things were always going South. One nation or another flared up during critical times, some of them causing critical times.

I don’t like the idea of payola to nations. At the same time it does help. It helps keep more level heads. It helps to keep them all ganging up on Israel at critical times.

The problem with policies that work, is that things become so smooth and non-confrontational, that folks think the money is a waste, not worth continuing.

I acknowledge that some of the things you say are true.

I don’t think aid to foreign nations is a zero sum loss.

If China were to get their polices to be accepted by some of these nations, it wouldn’t just cause problems regionally, but it would also cause a deterioration of relations with China itself.

In a way it’s like saying the Secret Service isn’t necessary because we haven’t had a president mowed down since Kennedy.

[usconservative]

"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us," Trump said. "Well, we're watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care."

There are times I disagree with President Trump and there are times I agree with President Trump.

HELL YEAH I agree with him here!!

[usconservative]

Convert the UN into section 8 housing

No, level it. Just level it.

[American Quilter]

That would be great. I hope the President follows through on it!

[Radix]

We give them in order that we can withhold it later.

Like a Dealer, first ones free.

[DoughtyOne]

Correction:

It helps to keep them all from ganging up on Israel at critical times.

[butlerweave]

Oh no , how will they buy new yachts and villas

[AmericanMermaid]

This Prez is a true friend to Israel! God has promised a blessing to those who bless Israel. Proud of our president.

[familyop]

Yes. Yes! Do it!

[mjp]

there are 3 main ways to get countries to do what we want them to do:

reason
force
money

[familyop]

Build and mount more nukes for U.S. Defense, too!

[familyop]

TRUMP ARRIVES TO HUGE CEREMONY IN ISRAEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C847r4DyfpQ

Trump delivers greeting remarks to Israel in Tel Aviv: ‘We love Israel’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beu6_6cB2hI

[Sa-teef]

AID?
Why the F do we give any country “aid”?

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“Aid” comes in several forms but a significant amount of it these days is technical assistance to maintain or upgrade US industrial or military equipment already in place in those countries. Sometimes it may take the form of food aid or medical assistance which the nation doesn’t have or can not afford to acquire. A sizable amount of military and foreign aid flows back to US private contractors and companies. It hardly EVER takes the form of cutting them a check; we learned that is too easily misdirected a long time ago.

You can make a case for staying involved with many of these countries who would likely find willing patrons in other parts of the world who are less friendly to the USA, particularly if the receiving nation happens to have some natural resources that China would want, it happens to be somewhere which might expand their influence in an area or it simply presents a new market for Chinese products..