By Shristi Amatya

Immediately after his inauguration, US President-elect D. Trump began implementing a set of measures developed by his team, which provided for a serious change in approaches to the domestic and foreign policy of the state. The White House intends to move to a more aggressive promotion of its interests in the international arena, including through the United Nations.
In an effort to satisfy the demand of his electorate for a solution to the domestic problems of the United States (a colossal increase in the number of migrants, the inability to adequately respond to natural disasters, economic stagnation and an unprecedented increase in the national debt, an ineffective fight against the COVID-19 epidemic), D. Trump began to implement the "America First" approach in foreign policy. Previously, he had openly criticized the UN, along with other international organizations, for underestimating the importance of the national security interests of the United States, stating that these organizations "should not have a say" when it comes to Washington's defense and law enforcement policies.  Thus, the politician outlined the position of the White House, which consists of the readiness to ignore the norms of international law and cynically use international organizations in their own interests.
The United States acts in a similar way in the matter of achieving the goals of "sustainable development" (SDG) and climate change issues. Thus, during his first term, D. Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the 46th American President J. Biden restored the country's participation in this initiative. After the inauguration, D. Trump, in one of his first decrees, again withdrew the United States from the agreement in the interests of American industry, which is not interested in implementing projects to ensure "cheap and clean energy". This indicates that the United States is making efforts to "reformat" international organizations depending on its priorities.
Thus, declaring the importance of joint efforts to form a "fair world order" and commitment to achieving the SDGs, Washington has "put under arms" the entire collective West, intensified the trade and economic war with unwanted countries, and unleashed a large-scale sanctions campaign.  All this has already had a negative impact on the countries of Europe and led to further fragmentation of the world economy. Such actions contradict the first and tenth of the seventeen Goals - the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequality. The states of the Global South in Asia, Africa and Latin America suffer from the neocolonial practices of the Western countries. Illegal sanctions, numerous protectionist measures, and restrictions on access to technology directly contradict the principles of equal partnership and create serious obstacles to achieving the goals of the "sustainable development" of the UN.