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Posted on 09/18/2017 4:11:12 PM PDT by Jagermonster
A SHIFT IN THOUGHT The president is attending the opening of the General Assembly with roughly half the delegation brought by past administrations. Some might see a shrinking superpower. But Trump officials say the US can be more 'efficient' and still lead.
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK—President Trump has already shaken the post-World War II global order by pulling the United States out of American-led international pacts like the Paris Climate Accords and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal – and by threatening to dump others, like the Iran nuclear deal.
He has cast doubt on longstanding US-led alliances like NATO and those covering Northeast Asia, recently blasting US trade arrangements with South Korea even as the two allies take on the building bellicosity of North Korea.
And his administration has called for a nearly one-third reduction in State Department and foreign-aid spending, a cut many see as unavoidably limiting America’s diplomatic reach and influence.
Now this week, the US is participating in the world’s biggest annual diplomatic event, the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with roughly half the delegation of senior diplomats and foreign-policy advisers brought by past administrations.
And that poses a fundamental question: In the realm of global leadership, can the Trump administration do more with less?
For many in the community of 193 UN member states [ . . . ] the impression may be that of the incredible shrinking superpower.
Senior administration officials contend it is nothing of the sort, that the US will demonstrate this week how it intends to lead the world while strengthening the nation first and being more efficient.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
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We can do just fine without the United Numbnutz. Cut off funding NOW.
New era, New rules.
Get the US out of the UN and get the UN out of the US!!
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