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Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks on the floor of the General Assembly on December 21, 2017 in New York City.
A United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the U.S. to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital passed overwhelmingly on Thursday despite threats from the Trump administration to cut funding to U.S. aid recipients who voted in favor.
One hundred and twenty-eight countries voted in favor of the resolution, according to Reuters. Nine countries voted against, and thirty-five countries abstained.
The symbolic vote from the General Assembly is not legally binding.
“Let them vote against us,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “We don’t care. But this isn’t like it used to be where they could vote against you and then you pay them hundreds of millions of dollars.”
On Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the United States would be “taking names” of those who voted for the resolution.
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