Here are our takeaways from Trump's whirlwind spin through UNGA
It wouldn’t take much to persuade outgoing European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that his native Luxembourg is a light among the nations. But other world leaders might also be persuaded after Prime Minister Xavier Bettel’s soaring and sweeping address to the General Assembly on Thursday — a speech that proved a leader’s ambitions are hardly constrained by a small population.
His first task then is making sure the U.N. still exists as an organization in two years, or seven . He told the General Assembly Tuesday that his broader task is to stop the world from splitting in two, around American and Chinese poles, each with “their own zero sum geopolitical and military strategies.”His team insists he’s laboring hard to reform the U.N. as a mere first among many equals.
— Avoided the trap of engaging in direct combat with hardliners — including his own members — who criticize the U.N.
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