Editorial: Donald Trump as global constitutional breaching experiment

First for those who are sceptical about both the existence and the influence of norms in global politics, Trump's repeatedly breaching of these norms, and the hostile reactions these breachings elicit from the global public, are at the very least evidence that most actors in the global polity abide by a widely held set of implicit background assumptions.According to recent international relations theory, such on-site contestations are conceptualised as a condition for enhancing global justice, as long as affected stakeholders are granted access to them.32 Here is the catch - and the ultimate long-term effect - of Trumpism, however: while using social media and inviting individual stakeholders around the globe to comment, his disruptive politics relies on the President's ultimate control over who says what when and how.First the lowest point in Trump's poll numbers during the Presidential campaign was in the weeks immediately following the release of the Access Hollywood tape.39To call the 2016 US Presidential Campaign a messy affair would be an understatement.President Trump gave notice of the United State's intention to withdraw from the treaty in August 2017.Because of the structure of the agreement, the US cannot actually withdraw until November 2020.44So there is the possibility that should a more environmentally friendly candidate win the next US Presidential election the withdrawal could be undone.