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    The World Adjusts to Donald J. Trump

    If 2017 was the year he stormed the UN, 2018 was the year the institution got used to it.
    by Uri Friedman Sep 29, 2018 5 minutes
    Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

    NEW YORK—The giggles that greeted Donald Trump’s boasts at the United Nations about his accomplishments were widely interpreted in the United States as mockery on the part of world leaders who knew better. But from my perch in the hall that day, this wasn’t so clear. The laughter also seemed to spring from familiarity. One way to translate the snickering that grew as Trump claimed he’d gotten more done than any president in history, and punctuated the hyperbole with a signature “so true,” was as a collective, knowing nod from the assembled dignitaries. There he goes again, they appeared to be saying. Classic Donald.

    If 2017 was the year Trump stormed the United Nations, national sovereignty and threatening to “totally destroy” a UN member state before the bewildered international body, 2018 was the year the United Nations adapted to the changing climate

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