Apparently, there was a non-binding vote in the UN’s General Assembly to condemn President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Despite UN Ambassador Nikky Haley’s warning that nations which voted against the US risk losing taxpayer dollars in aid, 128 nations voted against the US, 9 voted with us and 35 abstained from voting.<\/p>\n
Haley responded<\/a>;<\/p>\n “The United States will remember this day,” US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the assembly.<\/p>\n “America will put our embassy in Jerusalem,” Haley said. “No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that.<\/p>\n “But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the UN and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the UN,” she said.<\/p>\n “When we make generous contributions to the UN we also have a legitimate expectation that our goodwill is recognized and respected.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Not surprisingly, those who brought this matter to the General Assembly are calling it “bullying”. Think about it – we are the largest contributor to the UN’s day-to-day operations, the UN won’t condemn Iran’s human rights violations, they have Venezuela and Cuba on their Human Rights Council<\/a>, but we’re bullying them when we threaten to withhold taxpayer funds if they vote against us for enforcing our own laws. <\/p>\n Yes, Congress overwhelmingly voted to move the embassy back in 1995, the three presidents who should have moved it, didn’t bother. From the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n [In October, 1995] the House and Senate passed a bill called the \u201cJerusalem Embassy Act,\u201d which formally recognized the city as the country\u2019s capital and called for the U.S. Embassy in Israel to be moved there from Tel Aviv by 1999. Support for the bill was overwhelming. It passed the Senate by a 93 to 5 vote, with four Republicans and one Democrat voting no. It passed the House 374 to 37, with 153 Democrats joining most of the new Republican majority that had swept into power in 1994.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Maybe the UN should invade Chicago or something to show that they mean business. That is, if they can afford the paper to write us a letter after they get their budget cut. We could probably pay off our national debt soon with money we save from not paying the UN and supporting armies around the world of ingrates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"