UNITED NATIONS – A gaping ideological divide cuts through this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. It’s not between capitalists and communists, rich and poor, East and West. It’s between multilateralists who advocate nations working together and unilateralists who are pushing for national sovereignty. Despite near-universal hand-wringing about the U.N.’s failings, it was clear who was in the minority on Tuesday. President Donald Trump stood alone in his unashamed defense of the “America First” agenda that helped propel him to power — an isolationist worldview that questions the worth of international organizations and is embraced by a small but growing number of populist governments. Trump was surrounded by multilateralists, many of them traditional U.S. allies, who want more cooperation, not less, to tackle global ills such as climate change, poverty and mass migration. Key quotes from the opening session of this year’s U.N. General Assembly: U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES: “Multilateralism is under fire precisely when we need it most.” Guterres, who heads the 193-member U.N., warned of the dangers of nations turning inward in a speech that was the inverse of Trump’s. “In the face of massive, existential threats to people and planet … there is no way forward but collective, common-sense action for the common good,” he said. H
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