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Stewart Patrick gives his thoughts on Trump’s UN speech
Stewart Patrick is the Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Author, The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World.
Mr. Patrick says if he were to grade President Trump’s speech, he would give it a solid B. This is because Trump far exceeded everyone’s expectations. He delivered a message for his base while reassuring that he wants to make the United Nations work.
Trump’s two strongest points in the speech were:
- In his speech he tied together nationalist themes that his base wanted to hear, while showing that is compatible with national cooperation. He also made the point that sovereignty is not the enemy of the United Nations. It is a place where independent nations come together to try to solve problems and I think that was really valued there.
- The other strong point was the focus on accountability. He said we’re not going to get rid of the United Nations, but we want money for performance. Trump also wants the UN to be more effective than they currently are.
Trump’s weaker points in the speech:
- There wasn’t a lot on what democracy stands for. I understand the fatigue with talking about that, but I do think that just having a sovereignty approach to international affairs is that you give a path conceivably to thugs.
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