Trump Offers a Selective View of Sovereignty in U.N. Speech
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Trump Offers a Selective View of Sovereignty in U.N. Speech
Vali said that It looks like we will respect the sovereignty of countries we like, whether they are dictatorships or democracies,
but we will not respect the sovereignty of countries we don’t like,
All three, he warned, could feel the full fury of American might, going so far as to say
that if the United States were forced to defend itself, "we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea." But Mr. Trump said nothing about human rights abuses in countries that are either allies, like Saudi Arabia, or that do not rise to the level of strategic threat, like Myanmar, which is systematically persecuting its Muslim minority, but which went unmentioned in his speech.
19, 2017
UNITED NATIONS — President Trump, in declaring Tuesday
that sovereignty should be the guiding principle of affairs between nations, sketched out a radically different vision of the world order than his forebears, who founded the United Nations after World War II to deal collectively with problems they believed would transcend borders.
"I will always put America first, just like you, as the leaders of your countries, will always and should always put your countries first," Mr. Trump declared to a smattering of applause from an audience
that included gimlet-eyed diplomats from some of the countries he criticized.
" he said, "depends on a coalition of strong, independent nations
that embrace their sovereignty, to promote security, prosperity, and peace for themselves and for the world." Strong, sovereign nations, he said, keep their citizens safe and enable them to prosper economically. that Our success,
Strong, sovereign nations, he said, can join together to fight common threats
and constitute the irreducible building blocks of world institutions like the United Nations.
Vali said that It looks like we will respect the sovereignty of countries we like, whether they are dictatorships or democracies,
but we will not respect the sovereignty of countries we don’t like,
All three, he warned, could feel the full fury of American might, going so far as to say
that if the United States were forced to defend itself, "we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea." But Mr. Trump said nothing about human rights abuses in countries that are either allies, like Saudi Arabia, or that do not rise to the level of strategic threat, like Myanmar, which is systematically persecuting its Muslim minority, but which went unmentioned in his speech.
19, 2017
UNITED NATIONS — President Trump, in declaring Tuesday
that sovereignty should be the guiding principle of affairs between nations, sketched out a radically different vision of the world order than his forebears, who founded the United Nations after World War II to deal collectively with problems they believed would transcend borders.
"I will always put America first, just like you, as the leaders of your countries, will always and should always put your countries first," Mr. Trump declared to a smattering of applause from an audience
that included gimlet-eyed diplomats from some of the countries he criticized.
" he said, "depends on a coalition of strong, independent nations
that embrace their sovereignty, to promote security, prosperity, and peace for themselves and for the world." Strong, sovereign nations, he said, keep their citizens safe and enable them to prosper economically. that Our success,
Strong, sovereign nations, he said, can join together to fight common threats
and constitute the irreducible building blocks of world institutions like the United Nations.