Trump is feared to be a disaster for his comment on the UN and siding with Netanyahu

US President-elect Donald Trump’s comment that the United Nations (UN) has become a talking club for world leaders and diplomats to get-together and ‘have a good time’ is partly true but not the way he meant about it. The Muslims world over may make the complaint as the UN is sidetracking their miseries at many global points; but degrading the UN as a mere talking club as Mr Trump has pointed out in the wake of Security Council’s resolution condemning Israeli settlement in West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal is just defaming it other ways.

His comment days after the Security Council (SC) resolution showed Mr Trump’s outspoken pro-Israel stance and anger against the Obama administration, as it brushed aside his demand to veto the resolution. ‘It is so sad’, Mr Trump tweeted and hinted that the US policy will totally change at the UN after January 20, the day he will take over as the new US President. It is obviously an ominous sign for world peace.

The SC voted against Israel for the first time since 1979 when the US abstained from voting to allow the passage of the resolution. It is not binding like more than 70 legally binding resolutions it passed this year including new sanctions against North Korea. But the acrimonious reaction of Mr Trump who earlier forced Egypt to back track from the tabulation of the resolution, made it clear how Mr Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Mr Netanyahu have joined together against the Palestinian Muslims.

Needless to say, Israel has been able to block every anti-Israeli resolution at the UN using US veto since its inception to free the occupied Palestine. It is blackmailing the US administration although it is fed and supplied by American people at a time when a lager section of US public opinion supports the two state solutions. But Israel was forcing the US to leave it for negotiated settlements, meaning no settlement for maintaining the occupation. The Obama administration during its second term sought by all means to stop new Israeli settlements and take both the parties to negotiation table, but Netanyahu foiled every such move. Now Netanyahu is blaming President Obama for orchestrating the SC move and the President-elect Mr Trump made angry reaction about the resolution condemning the UN itself.

If, according to Mr Trump, the UN is a failed body it is because of veto power of some countries including the United States of America. The President-elect had made his anti-Muslim position abundantly clear. He lived all along in a business world and understands how best to make money. He has to learn international politics before he is able to comment on the working of the UN.

We want to wish him leave his marks as a successful world leader. We find so far nothing to be hopeful. Our fear is that he will be a disaster for his own people and damage America’s image in the world.