Twenty-one nations
that receive U.S. foreign aid refused to support a U.N. vote to condemn Hamas
as a terrorist organization in the Islamic terrorist organization’s recent
attack on Israeli soil.
Canada Free Press (CFP)
author David Singer suggests tapping into that nearly $14 BILLION in aid be withheld and use at least a portion of it to build the Border Wall.
If President Trump can legally redirect foreign aid, then
the President should thumb his nose at hate-Trump Dems and BUILD THAT WALL!
JRH 12/19/18
So readers, I’ve been using a seven year old laptop to fulfill the
old blogging habit. My lovely wife sprang for an upgrade.
I’m a relatively small-time blogger but with a consistently
growing readership despite some token censorship from the
liberal-oriented blog and social platforms.
Still looking to defray Christmas costs.
Whatever my readers can
chip in will be appreciated:
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UN hit list can
bypass Congress and fund Trump border wall
If the President does not secure the border wall funding from
Congress--then those countries that humiliated Trump could well see their
foreign aid in 2019 slashed from their 2017 levels
By David Singer
December 19, 2018
21 Nations that received almost $14 billion in US foreign aid in 2017 could
become the key to unlocking the White House confrontation between
President Trump and Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer over their
refusal to commit the Democrats to authorizing Congress to commit $5 billion
immediately towards the construction of Trump’s border wall to prevent illegal
immigration into America.
Trump’s threatened Government shutdown by 21 December has
been withdrawn as he seeks alternative sources of funding.
The following UN hit list offers a ready solution:
Country - US Aid 2017
Bangladesh - $261 million
Congo - $494 million
Egypt - $1475 million
Indonesia - $277 million
Iraq - $3712 million
Jordan - $1489 million
Lebanon - $505 million
Mali - $230 million
Morocco - $490 million
Mozambique - $580 million
Niger - $173 million
Nigeria - $852 million
Pakistan - $837 million
Russia - $168 million
Senegal - $197 million
South Africa - $511 million
Turkey - $153 million
Vietnam - $150 million
Yemen - $595 million
Zambia - $419 million
Zimbabwe - $194 million
TOTAL - $13762 Million
These 21 states were major players in humiliating Trump -
when an
American sponsored resolution in the United Nations General
Assembly seeking to condemn Hamas and other militant groups for
indiscriminately targeting Israel’s predominantly Jewish civilian population
since 2007 failed to secure the required two-third’s majority earlier
determined as necessary for its passage.
Trump has warned on many occasions that those who receive
money from America—yet do not support America diplomatically—stand to lose
financially as a result.
·
Trump has already well and truly practised what
he preached:
·
Defunding the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency of $360 million annually
·
Withdrawing from UNESCO leaving it to fund the
22% of its budget lost as a result
·
Calling on NATO countries to meet their agreed
share of the NATO budget
·
Cutting more than $200 million in funding the
Palestine Liberation Organisation
Trump has already ominously warned those countries
that humiliated him on the Hamas Resolution that they could be in the firing
line for reductions in their annual foreign aid as a result of not voting with
America.
This threat becomes increasingly more likely as the
Democrats dig in their heels and refuse to give the President the $5 billion he
needs to build the border wall—one of the President’s cardinal promises made in
the 2016 election campaign that has been frustrated by the Democrats from the
day Trump became President.
Trump should be readily able to determine how $5 billion of
this $14 billion funding to these recalcitrant states can be redirected to
building the border wall.
Trump can also look at defunding:
·
another 54 recipients of US aid that supported a
two-thirds majority vote being required on the Hamas resolution over America’s
claim that a simple majority only was necessary and
·
an additional 36 similarly US-funded countries that
voted against condemning Hamas on the actual motion
Jordan and Egypt—in addition to not voting with
America—apparently continue to resist Trump’s efforts to replace the Palestine
Liberation Organisation in negotiations with Israel on Trump’s peace proposals.
Their aid could be substantially reduced by a clearly-piqued and very angered
Trump.
The ball is now well and truly in the Democrats hands.
If the President does not secure the border wall funding
from Congress—then those countries that humiliated Trump could well see their
foreign aid in 2019 slashed from their 2017 levels.
Trump is determined to protect America against illegal
immigration—and no one will be allowed to stand in his way of making America
great again.
Author’s note: The cartoon—commissioned
exclusively for this article—is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”—one of
Israel’s foremost political and social commentators—whose cartoons have graced
the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons
can be viewed at Drybonesblog
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the
International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine
International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza
to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the
Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com
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