Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was withdrawing the US signature of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a text adopted in 2013 by the UN, aimed at moralizing the international arms trade.

"America rejects this treaty," Trump said in a speech in Indianapolis, Indiana to the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA).

"We will never ratify this treaty," he said, once again showing his distrust of international treaties and the multilateral organization headquartered in New York.

"I officially announce today that the United States will revoke the effects of America's signing of this treaty," he said. "We will never let foreign bureaucrats trample on the freedoms guaranteed by the Second Amendment (of the Constitution)," he added.....