A day after President Trump appeared before the United Nations and made clear his disdain for a global approach to problem solving, he returns on Wednesday to wield the gavel at a meeting of the world organization’s most powerful body.Mr. Trump will lead a Security Council meeting on nonproliferation, as the body’s current president, a rotating position.On Tuesday, in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly, he argued for a rejection of globalism and attacked Iran, OPEC, Venezuela and the International Criminal Court. Some world leaders rebutted his message, with the heads of state of Turkey, Iran and France denouncing the major themes of his speech.Some in the audience laughed as Mr. Trump said that more had been done so far during his time in office than in “almost any administration in the history of our country.”Trump accuses China of election meddlingDuring his opening remarks at the Security Council on Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump accused China of attempting to meddle in this year’s midterm elections.“Regrettably, we found that China is attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election, coming up in November, against my administration,” Mr. Trump said. “They do not want me, or us, to win, because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade. And we are winning on trade, we are winning at every level.”Much of his speech was spent criticizing Iran, a theme that also dominated his address to the General Assembly a day earlier.The 15-member Security Council is the most powerful arm of the United Nations, with the ability to impose sanctions and authorize military intervention.‘We are with Israel 100 percent,’ Trump saysBefore the Security Council meeting, which is set to focus on “nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction,” Mr. Trump met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.In a press briefing, Mr. Trump said he wanted to reassure Mr. Netanyah
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