Thursday, September 27, 2018

A few reactions to Donald Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly

Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies analysing Trump's strange, nationalistic, belligerant speech at the United Nations on Tuesday, Trump's 'Dissociation from Reality' at UN The Real News 09/25/2018:



This is a German-language report on Trump's speech from Spiegel TV, Rede des US-Präsidenten vor der Uno: "Schwach, was Trump hier aufgeführt hat" 26.09.2018:



Another from WELT, LACHER UND SCHARFE ANGRIFFE: Warum Iran und Deutschland Trump so nerven 26.09.2018:



Abby Bard of the Center for American Progress characterizes the speech in this way, which is consistent with my impression, in Trump's UN Speech Hurts America and the International System The National Interest 09/26/2018:
The speech sounded as if it could have been given by a dictator who wanted the world to know why other countries had no business interfering in their country’s repressive domestic policies and bore a striking resemblance to China’s “non-interference” policy. It’s particularly ironic and deeply disturbing that Trump has couched his speech in the language of equity and diversity given his promotion of white supremacist talking points and use of racist language against immigrants.
She also notes that Trump's "theory of sovereignty only appears to extend into the humanitarian realm."

But she also notes in relation to Trump's verbal attacks on Venezuela, include humanitarian concerns, that it seems forTrump, "human rights only matter when there is an economic gain for the United States."





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