John Bolton Blasts Obama as 'Vindictive' For Abstaining From UN Vote on Israeli Settlements

"John Bolton, an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, blasted President Obama Sunday as 'vindictive,' a week after the U.S. abstained from voting on a UN resolution declaring Israeli settlements in occupied territories illegal...

'In many respects what he did in this resolution by the Security Council ... is try to define the boundaries of the state of Israel. It's a rejection of 50 years of bipartisan American foreign policy and the doctrine of land for peace,' Bolton, who is thought to be in the running for a high-ranking position in Trump's State Department, said.

'It was vindictive,' he added. 'I'm just worried that more is coming from him.'

Bolton said he would recommend retaliating against the UN by shifting funding from the U.S. for the international body 'to being purely voluntary' and cutting foreign aid to 'bad actors,' like Venezuela and Malaysia, that voted for the resolution..."