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*Gertz, Bill (October 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/24/mike-pence-outlines-chinas-election-meddling-strat/ New details on Chinese election meddling]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.</ref>

*Gertz, Bill (October 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/24/mike-pence-outlines-chinas-election-meddling-strat/ New details on Chinese election meddling]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.</ref>

**October 3, 2018—After the [[International Court of Justice]] ruled that the U.S. could not impose certain sanctions on Iran, the Trump Administration defied the organization, withdrawing from the 1955 Treaty of Amity between the two countries, as well as from an optional protocol of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.<ref name="IranTreaty"/> The administration also announced it would review every international agreement that might compromise U.S. sovereignty to the ICJ.<ref name="IranTreaty"/>

**October 3, 2018—After the [[International Court of Justice]] ruled that the U.S. could not impose certain sanctions on Iran, the Trump Administration defied the organization, withdrawing from the 1955 Treaty of Amity between the two countries, as well as from an optional protocol of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.<ref name="IranTreaty"/> The administration also announced it would review every international agreement that might compromise U.S. sovereignty to the ICJ.<ref name="IranTreaty"/>

**November 13, 2018—The U.S. voted against a UN General Assembly resolution praising the UNHCR and endorsing the Global Compact for Refugees – the latter of which the U.S. announced it would withdraw from – because it conflicted with American "sovereign interests." That resolution had previously been approved by consensus in the 60 years of its existence before the Trump Administration requested a vote on the matter.<ref>Multiple references:

**November 13, 2018—The U.S. voted against a UN General Assembly resolution praising the UNHCR and endorsing the Global Compact for Refugees – the latter of which the U.S. announced it would withdraw from – because it conflicted with American "sovereign interests."<ref name="RefugeeCompact2018"/> That resolution had previously been approved by consensus in the 60 years of its existence before the Trump Administration requested a vote on the matter, and the U.S. was the only country to vote against the resolution.<ref name="RefugeeCompact2018">Multiple references:

*Nichols, Michelle (November 13, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-un-refugees/us-alone-in-opposing-un-refugee-text-over-sovereignty-concerns-idUSKCN1NI2VB U.S. alone in opposing U.N. refugee text over sovereignty concerns]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

*Nichols, Michelle (November 13, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-un-refugees/us-alone-in-opposing-un-refugee-text-over-sovereignty-concerns-idUSKCN1NI2VB U.S. alone in opposing U.N. refugee text over sovereignty concerns]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

*Cockburn, Harry (November 14, 2018). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-votes-against-un-refugee-agency-unhcr-resolution-trump-immigration-asylum-mexico-border-a8633226.html US only country in the world to vote against work of UN refugee agency]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

*Cockburn, Harry (November 14, 2018). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-votes-against-un-refugee-agency-unhcr-resolution-trump-immigration-asylum-mexico-border-a8633226.html US only country in the world to vote against work of UN refugee agency]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.