Trump gives the U.N. his vision of a world governed by self-interest
by Simon Shuster
Sep 23, 2017
2 minutes
THE SHOCK VALUE OF PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s first speech to the U.N., on Sept. 19, derived, predictably, from its flights of rhetoric—most notably his threat to “totally destroy” North Korea. But the idea on which the speech was based was far more conventional: sovereignty. Trump referred to it 20 times in 42 minutes, and six of those references were as part of a trio that
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