Trump spoke at the United Nations today, where he put his personal opinions, his arrogance, and his vanity on display.
President Donald Trump delivered a combative speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning, lambasting the international body while touting the work of his administration.
Trump spared no criticism in the hourlong address, beginning with his predecessor former President Joe Biden before taking aim at world leaders on everything from migration to the Russia-Ukraine war.
“One year ago, our country was in deep trouble. But today, just eight months into my administration, we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world, and there is no other country even close,” he said at the top of his remarks.
Trump touted the U.S. as having the “strongest” borders, military and relationships around the world.
The president then turned his attention the United Nations, accusing it of not living up to its promise and even accused it of bringing on more problems.
“What is the purpose of the United Nations?” Trump asked. “It has such tremendous, tremendous potential. But it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential. For the most part, at least for now, all they seem to do is write a really strongly-worded letter and then never follow that letter up. It’s empty words and empty words don’t solve war. The only thing that solves war and wars is action.”
Trump accused the organization of ignoring conflicts around the world that he says he solved, casting himself as a peacemaker.
“Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each one of these achievements,” Trump said. “But for me, the real prize will be the sons and daughters who lived to grow up with their mothers and fathers because millions of people are no longer being killed in endless and inglorious wars.”
Trump threatens Russia sanctions, but says Europe must do more
Trump said the United States is prepared to enforce a “very strong round of powerful tariffs” on Russia should Moscow not be ready to make a peace deal.
But he said other countries need to pull back on buying Russian oil and energy products “otherwise we’re all wasting a lot of time.”
“Europe has to step it up. They can’t be doing what they’re doing. They’re buying oil and gas from Russia while they’re fighting Russia. It’s embarrassing to them,” Trump said.
Trump also took a moment to criticize China and India, calling them the main sponsors of the war in Ukraine because of their purchases of Russian oil.
The president has threatened for months to impose harsher economic penalties on Russia but has yet to do so. He didn’t say on Tuesday what it would take for him to determine Russia doesn’t want peace, though he said the war is “not making Russia look good, it’s making them look bad.”
Trump bashes world leaders on migration, green energy
Trump said other countries should be modeling the U.S. on the issue of immigration.
“Not only is the U.N. not solving the problems it should, too often it’s actually creating new problems for us to solve,” Trump said. “The best example is the No. 1 political issue of our time, the crisis of uncontrolled migration. It’s uncontrolled. Your countries are being ruined.”
To leaders gathered in the conference hall, Trump said: “Your countries are going to hell.”
He also encouraged leaders to reject policies geared toward fighting climate change and global warming, calling climate change “the greatest con job ever” and touting his administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
“If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,” Trump said.
Trump demands Hamas release hostages, disagrees on Palestinian statehood
On Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Trump said the world has to “come together” to “end the war in Gaza.” He reiterated that he wanted to see the hostages released immediately, but offered no clear path forward on progressing negotiations.
Trump continued to express his disagreement with countries moving to recognize Palestinian statehood. Several key U.S. allies, most recently France, have announced they are recognizing a Palestinian state.
“Now, as if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists for their atrocities,” Trump said.
Trump instead called for a united message from the body for Hamas to release hostages.
“Those who want peace should be united with one message: release the hostages now. Just release the hostages now. Thank you,” Trump said.
Trump also boasted about his poll numbers, which he said were the highest ever. His approval rating is 37%.
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Trump is very good at spreading his lies. His poll numbers are continuously falling and he didn’t end 7 wars. I guess he thinks he’ll win the Nobel Peace Prize if he lies to the UN.
“I was very proud to see this morning I have the highest poll numbers I’ve ever had. Part of it is what we’ve done on the border. I guess the other part is what we’ve done on the economy,” he said, bashing former President Biden by name.
“I ended seven wars, helped with the leaders of each and every one of these countries and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal,” Trump said in his remarks.
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He is an embarrassment to this country. He lies and boasts. No shame.
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I wonder if he broke both arms trying to pat himself on the back. I am sure that everyone in that room knew he was lying through his teeth.
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I can imagine a great number of the members in the General Assembly had a hard time trying to sit there and listen to this prattle with a straight face.
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Denouncing ‘one world government’, the fight against fluoride, getting in a lather about the communist menace….
“He’s going to party like it’s 1959” Or maybe, 1899?
[My apologies to Prince -the singer, who is probably rolling in his purple grave.]
“Embarrassment” is exactly the word. I think “depraved” fits these times well, too.
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This is what the BBC is saying about Trump’s speech.
Some UN delegates visibly squirming as Trump speaks
Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from New York
There are only sparse laughs and applause from those in attendance. A few were visibly squirming in their seats, and a few swivelled in their seats to take selfies with the president in the background.
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He certainly put himself forward as a malignant narcissist, a man who is all ego.
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Yes, Diane, once again you are right on target!
For someone who claims to be master of “the art of the deal,” he’s got a whole lot to learn about being genuinely diplomatic, including how to win friends, influence people and gain respect from adversaries (which he thinks he already knows).
But he is an adult who constantly thumbs his nose at people, such as by resorting to playground “Na na, na na na, I’m better than you are” show-off bullying tactics. That just underscores he is a self-centered, over-indulged child who never grew up. He does not come off as someone who has lots of value to contribute to the world, nor that he has earned the ongoing attention and respect that he craves.
This guy tries to show off his supposed greatness by applying gold leaf to virtually everything around him –while ruthlessly subjugating many people who are in need (and that he sees as merely peons).
It’s obvious that he’s a superficial play-actor, not someone who has rightfully earned the stature he so desperately wants to be recognized and rewarded for daily. He should have grown way past all the childish ego-centrism by now…
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From his behavior, it appears that “the art of the deal” consists of bullying the other person at the table. Threatening to break their fingers if they don’t make a deal. Insulting them. Belittling them. Crushing them.
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A lot of people can easily recall when he went up before the UN in his first term, shamelessly boasted about how great he was for our country and they LAUGHED at him so hard that he suddenly stopped and said that he hadn’t been expecting to hear laughter.
If they didn’t laugh today, it was probably because they know him a lot better now. Surely they fully realize that the stakes are much higher today and there’s nothing funny about an American president who regularly demonstrates he’s a dictator wannabe who is committed to denying protections for human rights and climate change, who spreads lies non-stop, who cares only about power, money and himself, and that he is no friend to our allies.
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In 2018, UN reacted by laughing at him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXhcDM2amJE
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BTW, I wanted to post the longer video showing the German delegation laughing, which showed how amused they were by his self-centered praises (and should not have surprised him considering how poorly he got along with Angela Merkle and her supporters), but I could not find it.
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Watching even #PBSNEWS try to pretend #DJT isn’t utterly 🦇💩🤪 is making me lose all respect for them.
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His performance at the UN was a farce. He sounded like a nut.
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What a debacle! Who would respond favorably to such a bloviating prevaricating excuse for a human being? Perhaps the same sort of person who takes medical advice from a 14-year heroin head with dead worms in his brain.
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We assume the worm is dead.
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I think that, basically, we are talking about a very frustrated, angry, hateful simpleton. He should not be accused of overthinking things because he doesn’t really have many original thoughts. Mostly, he’s a mass of unchecked impulses that he acts out, because he’s self-consumed and stuck in the poor me “Terrible Twos” stage of development, as toddlers who have tantrums to get what they want. Like for other kids who are that age, being ignored or discounted are just intolerable to him, so he puts on shows to prove that he can say, do, manipulate, scare, bully and con anyone and everyone to get whatever he desires.
I think he’s really that simple. No one should be giving him more credit than is warranted because he failed to mature and evolve. He exhibits primitive behaviors which justifiably fail to elicit genuine respect from those who have managed to grow up despite their circumstances.
Primarily, he attracts others whose development is similarly delayed and see themselves in him. No one gets every little thing that they want though and, in their frustration, a lot of anger and hatred towards others have emerged over not getting their way all the time. When given a stage, teleprompter, microphone, computer and other social media, they feed into each other –which is probably why there are millions like this today.
What a very sick world so many of us here are having to deal with on a regular basis these days…
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Clearly, over-indulgence is not the answer, since that’s what the simpleton got and it was far from being what’s needed to promote healthy development. “Everything in moderation” is a lot more like it.
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