But when it came to the vote, major U.S. aid recipients including Egypt, Afghanistan and Iraq ignored Trump's threat and supported the resolution. Haley echoed his words in her speech to the packed assembly chamber, threatening not only the 193 U.N. member states with funding cuts, but the United Nations itself if the world body approves the resolution declaring Trump's recognition of Jerusalem "null and void." "The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very right of exercising our right as a sovereign nation," she said. Ambassador Riyad Mansour told The Associated Press before comments by Trump and Haley that he expected "massive support" for the resolution in the General Assembly. ___Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Joe Federman in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2017 06:22 UTC