UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council tends to proceed in a scripted, measured way. U.S. President Donald Trump does not. But Trump is set to preside Wednesday over the U.N.’s most powerful body, one that incarnates the very concept of global governing that he swatted aside in a speech Tuesday. The meeting in the sanctum of shared decision-making will put the “America First” president around a table with representatives from countries with fraught relationships with the United States, including Russia and China. The topic alone has been a matter of dispute. In the words of Washington’s U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley: “That is going to be the most watched Security Council meeting ever.” Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, chaired Security Council meetings in 2009 and 2014. But Wednesday will be Trump’s first time in the Security Council, where the U.S. holds the rotating presidency this month. “It tends to be a lot of diplomatic formalities and protocol … and, obviously, the president is not known for sticking to the script,” says Stewart Patrick, a Council of Foreign Relations fellow with expertise in U.S. policy toward the U.N. “You could get a lot of undiplomatic language in a place that is usually associated with tact.” Trump has spoken at the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting of presidents and other world leaders, including a speech T
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