Donald Trump embraces patriotism over globalism at UN

US president uses second address to General Assembly to stress the importance of sovereignty

Donald Trump addresses the UN General Assembly
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Donald Trump has used his second address to the UN to denounce the “ideology of globalism” and multinational organisations, stressing the US will always choose independence over global governance.

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