[Peace-discuss] FW: Trump Threats to Slash UN Funds, Move US Embassy to Jerusalem ‘Unprecedented’

[Boyle, Francis A]

In fairness, Trump's proposed rapprochement with Russia is a positive development that I have commented upon before to RT and the Russian Media. Fab.

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From: Boyle, Francis A 
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 8:44 AM
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Subject: Trump Threats to Slash UN Funds, Move US Embassy to Jerusalem ‘Unprecedented’

"We will have to see what happens next. It’s pretty well unprecedented," University of Illinois Professor of International Law Francis Boyle said. "One would hope more cautious voices that he has appointed will rein him in."

Boyle pointed out that Trump’s comments, made after the administration of outgoing president Barack Obama refused to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement-building in eth West Bank, were part of a more widespread series of revolutionary initiatives he was proposing around the globe. "Trump is proposing revolutionary changes in longstanding major US policies on the Middle East, China and nuclear weapons before he has even taken office as president, including the disruption of the ‘one China’ policy," Boyle said. Trump’s comments on the United Nations, China and moving the US embassy to Jerusalem appeared to have made without awareness of the crises it may unleash by carrying out such actions, Boyle cautioned. "These actions demonstrate [Trump’s] lack of knowledge of the dynamics of the Sino-American relationship and of the balance of US relationships and assurances across the Middle East. We will have to see what the reactions and responses are going to be," he said. The United States has never recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and Trump comment could set off outrage against both Israel and the United States across the Arab world, Boyle explained.

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