It was notable that during his speech at the UN Trump veered from claiming on the one hand that it was imperative to respect the national sovereignty of individual nations to alleging on the other that there is no burking the necessity of taking out regimes that he and he alone deems inimical to American interests and values What about the country that meddled with the 2016 American elections thereby violating the precious sovereignty Trump dwelled upon There was nary a word about Russia 