They once laughed at Donald Trump for boasting about his domestic achievements. That humiliation helped drive Mr Trump to turn his back on the UN and develop his America First movement. Mr Trump has lost an election, survived an assassination attempt, and returned to power with a dedicated team of loyalists intent on taking a hammer to US institutions and the global order. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIn front of him were delegates who now know that the Trump of 2018 is no longer just a brief aberration. They come from governments drawn from a new international populist movement or whose leaders know that working with Mr Trump is more fruitful than opposing him.