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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 26 september 2018
Trump challenges U.N., boasting of America’s go-it-alone might

Continued from Front loaded harsh rhetoric on patriotism,” Trump said.
nuclear-aspirant Iran as a He referenced a list of U.N.
He showcased strong eco- persistent malign influence bodies, from the Interna-
nomic numbers, declared across the Middle East. tional Criminal Court to the
that the U.S. military is “more “We ask all nations to iso- Human Rights Council, that
powerful than it has ever late Iran’s regime as long his administration is work-
been before” and crowed as its aggression contin- ing to undermine.
that in “less than two years, ues,” said Trump. The presi- “America will always
my administration has ac- dent has removed the U.S. choose independence
complished more than al- from the 2015 nuclear ac- and cooperation over
most any administration in cord with Iran, citing the global governance, con-
the history of our country.” country’s destabilizing ac- trol and domination,”
Just sentences into the tions throughout the region Trump declared. His de-
president’s remarks, the and support for terrorist nunciations of globalism
audience began to chuck- groups like Hezbollah, and drew murmurs from other
le and some leaders broke he accused its leaders on members of the organiza-
into outright laughter, sug- Tuesday of sowing “chaos, tion that stands as the very
gesting the one-time real- death and destruction.” embodiment of the notion.
ity television star’s puffery His national security advis- Shortly before he spoke, in
is as familiar abroad as it is er, John Bolton, was to go fact, U.N. Secretary-Gener-
at home. Trump appeared even further in a speech al Guterres had defended
briefly flustered, then smiled Tuesday, issuing a dire international cooperation
and said it was not the re- warning to Iran: “If you cross as the only way to tackle
action he expected “but us, our allies or our partners; the challenges and threats President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General
that’s all right.” if you harm our citizens; if of increasingly chaotic Assembly, Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters.
Later he brushed off the you continue to lie, cheat times.q Associated Press
episode, telling reporters, and deceive, yes, there
“Oh it was great. Well, that will indeed be hell to pay,”
was meant to get some Bolton said, according to
laughter so it was great.” prepared remarks released
The leaders’ spontaneous by the White House.
response to Trump’s ad- In addition to his keynote
dress only reinforced the speech, Trump is to chair a
American president’s iso- meeting of the U.N. Secu-
lation among allies and rity Council about nuclear
foes alike, as his national- proliferation on Wednes-
istic policies have created day. His four days of cho-
rifts with erstwhile partners reographed foreign affairs
and cast doubt in some were designed to stand in
circles about the reliability contrast to a presidency
of American commitments sometimes defined by dis-
around the world. order, but they were quick-
Barely an hour before he ly overshadowed by do-
spoke, in fact, U.N. Sec- mestic political crises.
retary-General Antonio rama also swirls around the
Guterres declared to the job security of Trump’s dep-
assembly that global co- uty attorney general. Rod
operation is the world’s Rosenstein was reported
best hope and “multilater- last week to have floated
alism is under fire precisely the idea of secretly record-
when we need it most.” ing the president last year
Since taking office, Trump and to have raised the idea
has removed the U.S. from of using the 25th Amend-
the Paris climate accord, ment to remove him from
promoted protectionist office. He will meet with
tariffs and questioned the Trump at the White House,
value of the North Atlantic also on Thursday.
Treaty Organization and At the U.N., Trump seized his
other alliances in further- opportunity to assert Amer-
ance of what he termed ican independence from
on Tuesday a strategy of the international body. He
“principled realism.” showcased his decisions
To that end, Trump flaunt- to engage with the erst-
ed his embrace of negotia- while pariah North Korea,
tions with North Korea’s Kim remove the U.S. from the
Jong Un just a year after international Iran nuclear
he had warned of raining accord and object to U.N.
down “total destruction” programs he believes are
on a leader he branded contrary to American inter-
“Little Rocket Man.” As ests. “We reject the ideol-
Trump praised Kim’s “cour- ogy of globalism and we
age” on Tuesday, he un- embrace the doctrine of