Swedish minister hopes Trump backs UN chief on averting wars
Sweden’s foreign minister said Monday she hopes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will support a strong United Nations and new Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ focus on preventing potential conflicts from turning into costly wars.
Margot Wallstrom said in an interview with The Associated Press that Trump, who takes over the presidency from Barack Obama on Jan. 20, should be judged by his actions — and not his tweets or past statements.
“So we are hoping that it will be a rational approach that will help us,” Wallstrom said with a laugh. “We believe that the strong U.N. will be good also … to make America stay great.”
Trump has been critical of the 193-member world organization.