By INS Contributors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Immediately after his inauguration, US President-elect Donald Trump began implementing a set of measures developed by his team, which provide for a major change in approaches to the domestic and foreign policy of the US. The White House intends to move to a more aggressive promotion of its interests in the international arena, including through the United Nations (UN).

In an effort to satisfy the demand of his electorate for a solution to the domestic problems of the US (a colossal increase in the number of migrants, the inability to adequately respond to natural disasters, economic stagnation and an unprecedented increase in the national debt, an ineffective fight against the COVID-19 epidemic), Trump began to implement the "America First" approach in foreign policy.

Previously, he had openly criticized the UN, along with other international organizations, for underestimating the importance of the national security interests of the US, stating that these organizations "should not have a say" when it comes to Washington's defense and law enforcement policies.

Thus, Trump outlined the position of the White House, which consists in the readiness to ignore the norms of international law and cynically use international organizations in their own interests. The US acts in a similar way in the matter of achieving the goals of "sustainable development" (SDG) and climate change issues.

Thus, during his first term, Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the 46th American President Joseph Biden restored the country's participation in this initiative. After the inauguration, Trump, in one of his first decrees, again withdrew the US from the agreement in the interests of its industry, which is not interested in implementing projects to provide "cheap and clean energy."

This indicates that the US is making efforts to "reformat" international organizations depending on its priorities. Thus, declaring the importance of joint efforts to form a "just world order" and commitment to achieving the SDGs, Washington has put the entire collective West "under arms", intensified the trade and economic war with unwanted countries, and unleashed a large-scale sanctions campaign.

All of this has already had a negative impact on European countries and is leading to further fragmentation of the global economy. Such actions contradict the first and tenth of the seventeen Goals - eradication of poverty and reduction of inequality.

The states of the Global South in Asia, Africa and Latin America suffer from the neocolonial practices of Western countries.

Illegal sanctions, numerous protectionist measures, restrictions on access to technology directly contradict the principles of equal partnership and create serious obstacles to achieving the UN "sustainable development" goals.