Trump, along with Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, started a
psychological and propaganda campaign on the Iranian government's request for
holding negotiations with the White House. But this approach failed to depict
Iran's need for the United States as a proposition in the minds of the
addressees. It has reached the point where even so many American media were
skeptical about Trump's claim over Iran's request for holding talks with the
United States.
Undoubtedly, the president of the United States is the main loser of the UN
General Assembly in New York. Donald Trump's remarks at a UN General Assembly
meeting raised the laughter of the audience, and this was followed by the regret
of many American analysts. They noted that Trump's presence at the White House
means the "international isolation of the United States."
The fact is that Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly had kind
of domestic function. Regarding the decreasing popularity of Trump and the
Republicans in some of the major U.S. states (which put them on the brink of
defeat in the Congress elections) and the escalation of the international
community's opposition to the U.S. government, made the U.S. President to use
the UN tribune to deliver just another speech for the American citizens.
Applying terms such as the "stronger U.S." and the "safer World" reminds us of
the 2016 presidential race. Trump tried to revive these abstract concepts on the
verge of the U.S. mid-term elections in the minds of American voters. Therefore,
in analyzing his remarks, his audience should not be limited to the
international players and members of the United Nations General Assembly.
Another point which should be taken into consideration here is about Trump's
attempts to move forward in the hearts of paradoxes: On the one hand, he uses
the worst terms addressing our country, and speaks of economic sanctions on
Iran. On the other hand, he doesn't conceal his interest in negotiating with
Iran!
In a similar approach, he addresses raises disagreements in NATO through the
application of protectionist policies towards the European Union and China. The
U.S. president also claims that ISIL was destroyed in Syria and Iraq (by the
United States)! However, the existing evidences indicate that the United States
had supported ISIL and the terrorist and takfiri groups to the last moment of
their life; the groups that were created by no one but the former U.S.
government.
Even now, the White House remains to be the main shelter of the takfiri groups
in the West Asia region. Trump also said that Saudi Arabia and the UAE were
trying to put an end to the Yemeni war, without revealing the destructive role
of Washington in waging this war and killing the innocent people in Sana'a,
Aden, and elsewhere.
Trump knows well that he has to officially announce Washington's defeat in West
Asia sooner or later. It's not without a reason that he called the U.S. military
presence in West Asia useless about a month ago! Trump is now setting the ground
for directing the U.S., and the international public opinion for America's
defeat in Yemen and Syria.
France dual approach in the UN General Assembly is another issue that should be
regarded carefully. French President Emmanuel Macron has recently had lots of
ups and downs! On the one hand, he had secret dealings with Trump's government
over current issues in the region (especially over Syria and Iran), and on the
other hand, he is trying to enter international equations as an independent
leader.
At this point, Macron tried to challenge Trump's speech at the United Nations
General Assembly, and expressed regret that the U.S. president introduced
"nationalism" as a basis for his actions towards the international community. It
remains unclear, however, whether other European players would be willing to
accept him as their leader in today's complicated conflicts.
The CNN has recently reported that "French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a
fiery rebuke of U.S. policies under President Donald Trump at the UN General
Assembly Tuesday, signaling that he is ready to take up the mantle of global
leadership usually assumed by a U.S. leader."
It continues; "At times directly referring to the U.S., Macron rapped the Trump
administration for its policies on Iran, climate change, the UN, migration and
Mideast peace, among others."
The report adds on that the 40-year-old French leader also took direct aim at
the central theme of Trump's speech earlier in the day, in which the U.S.
President focused on sovereignty and emphasized his administration's intent to
distance itself from international agreements and groups.
"I shall never stop upholding the principal of sovereignty," Macron told the
General Assembly, which draws more than 120 world leaders each year. "Even in
the face of certain nationalism which we're seeing today, brandishing
sovereignty as a way of attacking others."
But unlike Trump's emphasis on the importance of countries' independence, Macron
offered a different vision, one that earned him sustained applause when he was
done.
"Only collective action allows for the upholding of the sovereignty and equality
of the people in whose name we take action," Macron said. "This is the reason we
must take action against climate, demographic and digital challenges. No one
alone can tackle these."
Undoubtedly, there is a huge gap between the French authorities' speeches and
actions about the necessity to be committed to multilateralism. This same
paradoxical approach has made it impossible to mention Emmanuel Macron as a
powerful politician in the international system.
Hanif Ghafari
Source: TehranTimes