"President-elect Donald Trump had strong words for the United Nations on Wednesday, five days after a landmark Security Council vote condemning the continued construction of Israeli Jewish settlements in the disputed West bank territory.
'The UN has such tremendous potential. Not living up to its potential,' Trump said in a brief statement to the press outside his Mar-a-Lago resort club in Palm Beach, Florida.
'There is such tremendous potential, but it is not living up.'
'When do you see the united Nations solving problems?' he asked. 'They don't. They cause problems.'
'So if it lives up to the potential it's a great thing. And if it doesn't it's a waste of time and money.'..."
December 28, 2016
Trump Unloads on United Nations Members After Stunning Anti-Israel Vote
Date
December 28, 2016
Title
Trump unloads on United Nations members after stunning anti-Israel vote as he says ‘they cause problems’ and are ‘not living up’ to potential, The Daily Mail
Author(s)
David Martosko
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