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Trump's nationalist vision: Does it promote or endanger peace?

President Trump used his first appearance before world leaders assembled at the United Nations’ annual opening session Tuesday to offer a vision for international cooperation that was part red meat, part kumbaya.

On the philosophical side, the “America First” president laid out a nationalist basis for international interaction, saying that national sovereignty and not multilateralism should be the foundation for international efforts to address the world’s pressing issues.  

“I was elected to give power to the American people where it belongs,” Mr. Trump said,

'Deeply philosophical' or throwback to past?'Great reawakening of nations'

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