Bolton: US exit from UN rights body about ‘self-government’

The US national security adviser has defended the Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying “we don’t need advice by the UN or other international bodies on how to govern ourselves.”

John Bolton tells Fox News the decision was made by US President Donald Trump weeks ago and had nothing to do with the high commissioner’s criticism of the US immigration policies.

John Bolton: "We don't need advice by the UN or other international bodies on how to govern ourselves." pic.twitter.com/042rfPg2Jp

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He says the exit is about US self-government, saying it’s “an assertion of American determination to stick by its Constitution and not to recognize that there’s some higher authority at the UN — whether it’s the council or the high commissioner for human rights — to judge our performance or give us advice on how to implement the Constitution.”

— AP