Key voices missing in chorus of criticism of Trump’s destructive actions

Amid the rising chorus of criticism of US President Donald Trump and his administration’s egregious policy actions, the voices of multilateral institutions have been sadly muted. These internationally owned and supposedly independent bodies appear to be running scared of losing their access to US funding, but the greater risk for them is a loss of credibility if they continue with this cautious approach. By contrast, the heads of a dozen or so central banks have summoned sufficient courage to...