Threatens UN after settlement vote: 'things will be different after Jan. 20th'

After the UN Security Council passed the resolution condemning Israeli settlements 14-0 (with the U.S. abstaining rather than vetoing), Trump tweeted, 'As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.' The threat signaled that Trump would punish the United Nations for defying his demands and suggested he would use U.S. leverage—including funding that comprises 22% of the UN's regular budget—to retaliate against the international body for asserting consensus that Israeli settlements violate international law. Israeli officials praised Trump's intervention while Palestinian leaders worried that the incoming administration would abandon any pretense of being an honest broker in the peace process.

"As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th." — Twitter post after UN Security Council vote