Trump’s UN speech was delusional and dangerous | Kenneth Roth
It is a sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly was an object lesson in his lawless rule and remarkable capacity for self-delusion. Disregarding the UN charter’s emphasis on the peaceful resolution of disputes, he doubled down on his violent unilateralism…
Kenneth Roth, a Guardian US columnist and former executive director of Human Rights Watch, has described Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly as a cautionary tale of his reckless leadership and propensity for self-delusion. The president, in disregard of the UN charter's emphasis on peaceful dispute resolution, continued his unilateral and violent approach to issues while dismissing the very global concerns the UN was meant to tackle.
The most headline-grabbing statement from Trump's speech was his question about whether to "annihilate the Islamic Republic" of Iran. "Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?" Roth, an expert on human rights and a professor at Yale University, expressed his concerns over this statement.
He emphasized that such rhetoric is not only dangerous but also a violation of the principles the UN stands for. The former executive director of Human Rights Watch has written extensively on the topic of battling abusive governments and is now sounding the alarm on Trump's delusional approach to international relations.
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