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Kelly Craft, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks in an online interview with The Asahi Shimbun from her home in Kentucky. (Stephanie Fillion)
For four years, the Trump administration and its “America First” policies rocked the United Nations Headquarters in New York, which is the epitome of multilateralism and diplomacy.
But what did those policies actually accomplish, if anything? Kelly Craft, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, recently looked back on her tenure in a virtual interview with The Asahi Shimbun.
When Craft was offered the U.N. post by then President Donald Trump in 2019, she understood that he doubted the relevance of the institution.