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The Queen emphasised the post-WW2 international order (which Trump is challenging) in her state visit banquet speech.
“While the world has changed, we are forever mindful of the original purpose of these structures: nations working together to safeguard a hard-won peace.”
“While the world has changed, we are forever mindful of the original purpose of these structures: nations working together to safeguard a hard-won peace.”
Nato would fit under the reference to “international institutions” created post-war to keep the peace. Trump once called it “obsolete”.
So too would the United Nations. Trump once said it risked becoming "a waste of time and money" and was "just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time".
