Now that he needs UN, Trump wants to make it 'great'

[DonViejo]

By Annie Linskey GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

WASHINGTON — President Trump declared Monday he wants to Make the United Nations Great. “Not ‘again,’” the president stressed, riffing on his 2016 campaign slogan. He just wants to make it “great.”

“Such tremendous potential,” Trump told reporters in New York as world leaders gathered there for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. “And I think we’ll be able to do this.”

The international community is getting the Trump treatment this week. The sloganeering. The policy shifts. Even the nicknames. (He labeled North Korea leader Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” over the weekend.) And on Tuesday when Trump offers his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the world is expected to get a taste of Trump’s inconsistencies as he edges closer to what appears to be an increasingly internationalist approach.

That seemingly newfound tone is a marked shift for Trump from his isolationist campaign promises and his history of deriding the United Nations as merely a “club.” The evolution may be rooted in the realities of governing: Trump sorely needs foreign allies as he confronts threats such as North Korea and Iran, and he can both woo and exert leverage through the United Nations — especially the Security Council. But squaring his new attitudes with his old ones is proving to be a tall order for some foreign policy specialists.

“It seems to be a bit like multilateralism a la carte,” said Alex De Waal, the executive director of the World Peace Foundation, when asked to describe the Trump foreign policy doctrine. “You can pick and choose from the menu.”

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[Freethinker65]

1. Easy. Exploit and improve the UN brand. Make members wear matching hats with a catchy slogan.

Maybe sell shirts too. Lay off 30% of the staff. Decrease regulations. Peacekeepers are not cost effective. They need to make more money. Perhaps they can put people in poorer countries to work making hats and T shirts to sell?
Oh, and we need lots of parades to show strength...and also to promote the hats and shirts which can be sold right at the parades for profit.

[spanone]

2. as if he's the one to do it.....what a fool.

[world wide wally]

3. They all know he is a liar too.

It's not what you might call a secret.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Everything he touches turns to shit.

Why should anyone think that this will be any different.