Priebus: U.N. Abstention So ‘Egregious’ that It Was Impossible for Us Not to Get Involved

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PRIEBUS: "Well, okay, so, first of all, the president and President-Elect Trump had a good call yesterday. These are two people that get along just fine and they are getting along and they are having constructive conversations. But, and, secondly, before I get to that, President-elect Trump also believes in the one president at a time rule and is trying and we are trying our best to adhere to that rule. The problem with what happened at the U.N. though was that, in our minds, it was so egregious and so bad and so one sided and I think so wrong toward our greatest ally in the Middle East that it was impossible for us not to communicate about that resolution. And we believe for the United States to abstain on such a resolution just really flies in the face of our long-term and something that we wouldn’t do once January 20th comes and so the president-elect has been clear on that. This is a — the only democracy in the Middle East and Israel. And for us to bend over backwards for countries like Iran that harbor terrorists that want to destroy and kill Americans and to look the other way and give away an incredible deal to them to start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East but then to turn our backs on Israel without any mention of the other fact I think is unbelievable."