The bully in the room

Issuing threats to the rest of the world. Nice optic.

On Monday, the US used its veto power to block a United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all states to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem. The resolution, which had 14 votes in favor, also sought to reaffirm that “Israel's establishment of settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, had no legal validity, constituting a flagrant violation under international law.”

Following the vote, which is not the first time the US has used its veto power to torpedo a UN measure aimed at sanctioning Israel, America’s UN envoy Nikki Haley termed the united front against Washington an “insult” that “won’t be forgotten.”

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“At the UN we’re always asked to do more & give more,” Haley wrote on Twitter. “So, when we make a decision, at the will of the American ppl, abt where to locate OUR embassy, we don't expect those we've helped to target us. On Thurs there’ll be a vote criticizing our choice. The US will be taking names.”

  RT

The U.S. is now Donald Trump.

Of course that's the same petulant and childish threat Haley made on her first foray into the UN back in January. The world may be tiring of it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.