US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: The Guardian
Author: Peter Beaumont
23 Dec 2017
UN votes resoundingly to reject Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital
The United Nations general assembly has delivered a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump, voting by a huge majority to reject his unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The vote came after a redoubling of threats by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, who said that Washington would remember which countries “disrespected” America by voting against it.