"President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution. World leaders listened closely to his remarks at the U.N. General Assembly as Trump has already moved quickly to diminish U.S. support for the world body in his first eight months in office. Even in his first term, he was no fan of the flavor of multilateralism that the United Nations espouses."
"After his latest inauguration, he issued a first-day executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. That was followed by his move to end U.S. participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council, and ordering up a review of U.S. membership in hundreds of intergovernmental organizations aimed at determining whether they align with the priorities of his "America First" agenda."
"Trump offered a weave of jarring juxtapositions in his address to the assembly. He trumpeted himself as a peacemaker and enumerated successes of his administration's efforts in several hotspots around the globe. At the same, Trump heralded his decisions to order the U.S. military to carry out strikes on Iran and more recently against alleged drug smugglers from Venezuela and argued that globalists are on the verge of destroying successful nations."
President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations to boast of second-term foreign policy achievements and to condemn the U.N. as a feckless institution. World leaders paid close attention as the administration has moved to diminish U.S. support, including a first-day executive order withdrawing from the World Health Organization, ending U.S. participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council, and reviewing U.S. membership in hundreds of intergovernmental organizations under an "America First" agenda. Trump amplified criticism by saying "empty words don't solve wars" and questioning the U.N.'s purpose, while simultaneously touting peacemaking claims and citing military strikes and interventions.
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