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| | **UN Ambassador [[Nikki Haley]] effectively pushed for American businesses to receive a larger share of UN contracts.<ref>Shaw, Adam (August 24, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/24/haley-fights-to-get-us-companies-bigger-piece-action-on-lucrative-un-contracts.html Haley fights to get US companies a bigger piece of the action on lucrative UN contracts]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 24, 2018.</ref> | | **UN Ambassador [[Nikki Haley]] effectively pushed for American businesses to receive a larger share of UN contracts.<ref>Shaw, Adam (August 24, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/24/haley-fights-to-get-us-companies-bigger-piece-action-on-lucrative-un-contracts.html Haley fights to get US companies a bigger piece of the action on lucrative UN contracts]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 24, 2018.</ref> |
| | *President Trump took actions related to [[NATO]]: | | *President Trump took actions related to [[NATO]]: |
| − | **The Trump Administration continued pushing for the other NATO members to increase their defense spending, sending strongly-written letters to several countries about the issue.<ref>Multiple references: | + | **The Trump Administration continued pushing for the other NATO members to increase their defense spending,<ref>Boylan, Dan (September 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/14/stoltenberg-says-nato-thanks-trump-pushing-allies-/ NATO chief thanks Trump for pushing allies to spend more on defense]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.</ref> sending strongly-written letters to several countries about the issue.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (July 2, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/world/europe/trump-nato.html In Pointed Letters, Trump Demands More Defense Spending From NATO Allies]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2018. | | *Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (July 2, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/world/europe/trump-nato.html In Pointed Letters, Trump Demands More Defense Spending From NATO Allies]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2018. |
| | *Morton, Victor (July 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/2/donald-trump-demands-nato-allies-increase-defense-/ Trump reportedly demands NATO allies increase defense spending in harshly worded letters]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2018. | | *Morton, Victor (July 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/2/donald-trump-demands-nato-allies-increase-defense-/ Trump reportedly demands NATO allies increase defense spending in harshly worded letters]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2018. |