Former Irish president Mary Robinson, who heads the group of prominent former leaders founded by NelsonMandela, criticized President Trump for "poor leadership" yesterday, saying it is aggravating the world's difficultyin uniting to tackle climate change and the threat of nuclear war.Her group, known as The Elders, supports multilateral efforts to address problems, and Robinson acknowledgedthat the current "bumpy period" for multilateralism goes beyond Trump. "But he certainly has made his negativecontribution to that, and I think part of it is the habit of tweeting," she said at a news conference.Robinson called the U.S. president's tweeting "destabilizing," saying his tweets lead to endless analysis by themedia, "and nothing happens really, and it's all ridiculous."
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