When Donald Trump went after the UN, they had the best response

On Boxing Day president-elect Donald Trump called the United Nations "just a club".

America was one of the founding members of the United Nations, in fact the UN might never have existed had it not been for the Roosevelt administration.

The United States is one of five countries that are permanent members of the security council, a powerful group that for one thing regulates nuclear weapons proliferation.

The next president sees that the UN has potential, but think it needs a little something more.

Hours later, the United Nations threw some shade back in the direction of the president-elect with a textbook subtweet:

It included a list of 10 ways the UN makes a difference to millions of people every day.

And they brought stats. According to the tweet, the UN:

• Provides food and assistance to some 80 million people in 80 countries.
• Supplies vaccines for 40 per cent of the world's children, helping save three million lives a year.
• Assists and protects 59.5 million people fleeing war, famine, and persecution.
• Works with 195 nations to hold the rise global temperatures below two degrees Celsius.
• Keeps peace with 125,396 peacekeepers in 16 operations on four continents.
• Fights extreme poverty, helping to improve the livelihoods of more than one billion people.
• Protects and promotes human rights on site and through some 80 treaties/declarations.
• Coordinates a $20.1 billion appeal for the humanitarian needs of 87.6 million people.
• Uses diplomacy to prevent conflict, including electoral assistance in some 67 countries.
• Supports maternal health, helping 30 million women survive pregnancy and childbirth.

They included a link to more of their work, with the inviting line "See what else we do".

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