Conway: Trump will promote sovereignty, global leadership at the UN

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway previewed President Trump’s upcoming, first appearance before the United Nations General Assembly this week, saying he would promote global leadership and sovereignty at the international body. 

“He will be promoting peace, he will be promoting prosperity, and the president will be promoting sovereignty and accountability,” Conway said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” on Sunday. 

It is the president’s chance to present his “America first” stance to a global governing body that he has criticized in the past.

“We’ll be the reaffirmation of America’s global leadership. This is not a president who will apologize for America. This is a president who will affirm America’s standing in the world,” she continued.  

{mosads}”This country wants a leader who is tough on terrorism, is not going to coddle them, is not going to apologize for America around the world, and you’re going to see that through President Trump’s leadership at the United Nations General Assembly this week as well,” she said. 

Conway’s comments come as Trump prepares to travel to New York to give his first address to the U.N.’s General Assembly. 

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley also gave a positive take on Trump’s upcoming appearance, saying it is a new day at the international body under the president. 

“What you are now seeing is the Israel-bashing has become more balanced. You’ve got a United Nations that is action-oriented; we’ve passed two resolutions on North Korea just in the last month. And you also have a United Nations that is moving toward reform,” Haley said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. 

While the president took to slamming the U.N. during the 2016 presidential campaign, he has praised the U.N.’s actions on North Korea in recent days.