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| Trump wants UN to serve American interests: Analyst |
| 2018-09-24 |
| [PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s recent criticism of the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... is not surprising because he represents the view that the world body must serve US foreign policy, says an analyst in Virginia. Keith Preston, editor of the Attackthesystem.org made the remarks on Sunday, after Trump criticized the UN ahead of his address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the General Assembly next week. In a video message on his Twitter page, Trump said Saturday that the UN has "tremendous potential" but has "not lived up to that potential." Trump is set to address the General Assembly on Tuesday. He will also hold meetings with heads of South Korea, Egypt, La Belle France, Japan and the United Kingdom. Trump has frequently criticized the UN, claiming that the United States does not get the respect it deserves despite its contributions to the world body ‐ currently at 22 percent of the annual budget. "The first thing that as to be understood about the United Nations is that the UN was created in the late 1940s after the conclusion of the World War II and essentially it was a way for the victorious allied forces at WWII to run the world in their own interest," Preston told Press TV on Sunday. "That has always been the principle purpose of the United Nations," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I'd be happy if the UN encouraged nations to work in their own interests. Capitalism brings folks out of poverty, Socialism drives folks into poverty. Lets start by encouraging the former and discouraging the latter. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-09-24 15:47 |
| #4 Basically TRUE: The Purpose of a thing is ALWAYS itself. The Purpose of the UN is always the UN. The Purpose of the USA is and always should be the USA. Survival can never be taken too far. The Purpose of Power is more Power. Any questions? |
| Posted by: Threater Schwarzeneggar5476 2018-09-24 11:04 |
| #3 Statement of Purpose « Attack the System Attack the System is a dissident tendency within the international anarchist movement based in North America. [Search domain attackthesystem.com] https://attackthesystem.com/statement-of-purpose/ |
| Posted by: Hupusing Claitch6798 2018-09-24 08:36 |
| #2 He is President of the United States, not president of the world. And a lot of Americans want it that way. As far as universal progress and social justice, America leads the world by example. The world would be a bigger shi*hole than it is now without American leadership. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2018-09-24 06:41 |
| #1 I've long suspected that Trump puts USA interests above universal progress and social justice. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-24 05:24 |