"I don’t need international law. When asked if he needs to comply with international law, Trump admitted he does, but said it depends on "what your definition of international law is." However, experts warn that disregard for international law could have disastrous consequences for the global community, including the US. “But I think we’re worse off if we don’t insist on the international law that does exist. We’ll simply be going down a much worse kind of slippery slope.”Yusra Suedi, an assistant professor of international law at the University of Manchester, UK, cautioned against the belief that "might is right" and the trend to disregard international law.