Slap-Hug Diplomacy: Trump at the UN
① Even superpowers cannot by themselves cut rogue states off from the world.
② That helps to explain why American allies are hoping, fingers crossed, to hear from a reasonably constructive President Donald Trump in his first address to the United Nations today.
③ Atop Mr Trump's in-tray is the need to isolate North Korea and slow that country's sprint for nuclear-tipped missiles.
④ He is expected to denounce Iran for breaching at least the spirit of a nuclear-arms pact with world powers that—Team Trump insists—was also meant to curb Iranian trouble-making across the Middle East.
⑤ As Mr Trump, still a swaggering nationalist at heart, pushes other countries to help sanction and quarantine America's foes, he cannot avoid a measure of coalition-building.
⑥ Listen as the president "slaps the right people, hugs the right people", predicted his UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, previewing the speech.
⑦ That sounds a lot like diplomacy, albeit Trump-style.
生词好句
slap /slap/: n. 打耳光；拍打
rogue /rəʊɡ/ state: 流氓国家
ally /ˈalʌɪ/: n. 同盟国
atop /əˈtɒp/: pre. 在......顶上
in-tray /ˈɪn treɪ/: n. 文件盘
sprint /sprɪnt/: n. 短距离全速跑
nuclear-tipped missile /ˈmɪsʌɪl/: n. 核弹头导弹
denounce /dɪˈnaʊns/: vt. 谴责
breach /briːtʃ/: vt. 违反
swaggering /ˈswaɡərɪŋ/: adj. 大摇大摆的；趾高气昂的
quarantine /ˈkwɒrəntiːn/: vt. 隔离
"We must speak our minds openly,
debate our disagreements
honestly, but always
pursue solidarity."
Donald Trump
