G20 Defies Trump, Forgets US Also Ignored Global Consensus
The article notes G20 leaders pressing on without the US, painting a picture of international solidarity against a potential rogue actor in the White House. This 'defiance' is quaint; the US regularly bypasses international consensus when inconvenient. Remember when the US (under President George W. Bush) unilaterally invaded Iraq in 2003, despite massive global protests and a lack of UN Security
Council backing? Or when the US consistently vetoes UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel, regardless of overwhelming international support (see: UN Resolution S/PV.9439 on October 18, 2023)? The media frames potential Trump-era isolation as an anomaly, yet the US often acts as a law unto itself on the global stage, particularly when its 'allies'' interests (or rather, its lobbyists'
interests) are at stake. One might wonder if the real story here is less about global defiance, and more about the media's selective memory regarding American foreign policy. How many times will we pretend the 'world order' is fragile only when a specific president threatens it, and not when it's actively undermined by consistent actions?