Prior to the vote, the U.S President threatened to cut foreign aid from countries who would vote against America’s interest. Delivering the Address, President Trump re-emphasized, “Last month, I also took an action endorsed unanimously by the U.S. Senate just months before: I recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Shortly afterwards, dozens of countries voted in the United Nations General Assembly against America's sovereign right to make this recognition. “In 2016, American taxpayers generously sent those same countries more than $20 billion dollars in aid." "While we work to grow the Liberian economy, expand our revenue base, medium term aid would be needed to support projects that would be critical to our long term growth,” he added.

Source: Front Page Africa February 01, 2018 02:48 UTC