Trump and the United Nations crisis

At his second speech at the United Nations, Donald Trump attacked both the host institution and his European allies. He criticised Saddiq Khan, calling him a “terrible Mayor” and claimed that London was ushering in Sharia Law. Michael Cox argues that this speech should be read as a measure of how far the United States under Trump has turned against all forms of multilateralism, but also as an expression of a much deeper crisis of legitimacy within the UN system as a whole.