The Latest: Trump criticizes UN during address, says it’s ignoring his peace-promoting efforts

Watched by the world, President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to deliver a wide-ranging address on his second-term foreign policy achievementsand lament that “globalist institutions have significantly decayed the world order,” according to the White House. World leaders are listening closely to his remarks at the U.N. General Assemblyas Trump has already moved quickly to diminish U.S. support for the world body in his first eight months in office. After his latest inauguration, he issued a first-day executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. That was followed by his move to end U.S. participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council, and ordering up a reviewof U.S. membership in hundreds of intergovernmental organizations aimed at determining whether they align with the priorities of his…

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