When it came to Trump's threats, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told NBC News she would use them as leverage during deliberations.
"I'd go back to the ambassadors and say: 'You know, he's pretty upset. I can't promise you what he's going to do or not,'" she said in the interview.
While much of Trump's rhetoric centered around trade and sanctions, he has commonly threatened — implicitly or explicitly — military or even nuclear force. Haley did not specify in her interview which was more powerful leverage.
"I was trying to get the job done," she said. "And I got the job done."