Article snippet: Making American great again, in the view of the man who made that phrase a campaign slogan, means making the world understand that America is redefining the way it is seeking out that greatness. That means absorbing the boasts, name-calling and contradictions in President United Nations. Today he lined up a series of rhetorical rockets and all but dared his counterparts in the world community to try to stop him from launching them. “Principled realism” and “strength and pride” are among the new touchstones of American diplomacy, Trump declared. In a speech aimed at his base as much as anything else, he delivered harsh warnings as well as complaints aimed at terrorists. He saved his most colorful and explicit threat for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, promising that if the United States is forced to respond to a nuclear threat, “we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” “Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime,” Trump said, using his moniker for Kim, as laid out on Twitter. “The United States is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary. That’s what the United Nations is all about.” What the United Nations has not been about is such explicit tough-guy talk reminiscent of Trump campaign rallies but not of previous presidents’ foreign-policy addresses. Aside from the new nickname for North Korea’s leader, Trump condemned “loser terrorists” and said that parts of the world are “g... Link to the full article to read more