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Date: 25/09/2019

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mpeachment Inquiry Clouds Trump’s U.N. Display

Impeachment news hangs over the 74th U.N. General Assembly, but there is still plenty happening in New York.

Displayed on a monitor, U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 24 in New York. DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES

Welcome to U.N. Brief, Foreign Policy’s special pop-up newsletter with reporting and analysis from the 74th U.N. General Assembly in New York. All week, we’re bringing you daily news, analysis, infographics, and profiles of some of the most influential attendees.

What’s on tap for today: Impeachment news in Washington overshadows Trump’s speech at the U.N., Boris Johnson’s unusual UNGA speech, U.N. peacekeeping missions to kick out Sri Lankan troops, and a feisty new Chinese ambassador in Turtle Bay.

Trump’s Bombastic U.N. Speech Overshadowed by Impeachment Inquiry

U.S. President Donald Trump took the stage at the U.N. General Assembly for the third time on Tuesday to outline his “America First” foreign policy. But his speech was quickly overshadowed by a political earthquake in Washington, where Democrats announced a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump over a fast-developing scandal related to Ukraine. (For a primer on that, see here.)

During his lengthy speech, Trump bragged about the size of the U.S. military, decried the influence of “globalists,” and attacked familiar targets including China, Iran, socialism, tech giants, career government officials, and the American press.

Trump’s address to world leaders was a full-throated rejection of many of the principles of international cooperation that inspired the creation of the United Nations at the end of World War II. He heaped praise on the idea of national sovereignty and railed against the supposed iniquities of the global trading system.

But Trump glossed over big foreign-policy priorities, from the war in Yemen to the Middle East peace process, making it clear that his target audience was his political base. His attacks on socialism—“the wrecker of nations”—in Cuba and Venezuela were also aimed  at the progressive wing of the Democratic Party a year ahead of elections. “America will never be a socialist country,” he said.

In a speech marked by a more even-keeled tone than usual, the president praised Mexico for deploying troops among its northern border and issued a warning to migrants seeking to enter the United States. “If you make it here, you will not be allowed in, you will be promptly returned home,” he said.

Key themes from Trump’s speech:

Nationalism. “The free world must embrace its national foundations. It must not attempt to erase them or replace them… if you want freedom, take pride in your country; if you want democracy, hold on to your sovereignty.”

On “globalists.” “Wise leaders always put the good of their own people and their own country first. The future does not belong to the globalists. The future belongs to patriots…. Globalism exerted a religious pull over past leaders causing them to ignore their own national interests. But as far as America is concerned, those days are over.”

On China. Beijing  has “embraced an economic model dependent on massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation, product dumping, forced technology transfers, and the theft of intellectual property and also trade secrets on a grand scale.”

Press, academics, and government employees. “A permanent political class is openly disdainful, dismissive, and defiant of the will of the people. A faceless bureaucracy operates in secret and weakens democratic rule. Media and academics push flat-out assaults on our histories, traditions, and values.”

LGBTQ rights. “My administration is working with other nations to stop criminalizing homosexuality. And we stand in solidarity with LGBTQ people who live in countries that punish, jail, or execute individuals based upon sexual orientation.”

Iran sanctions. “All nations have a duty to act. No responsible government should subsidize Iran’s blood lust. As long as Iran’s menacing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. They will be tightened.”

Middle East Peace Process, Syria, Libya, and Yemen. No mentions.

A Trumpian lullaby. One member of the audience was less than captivated: Wilbur Ross, Trump’s commerce secretary, appeared to nod off during the president’s speech.

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