Overview

• From the UN rostrum, the president claimed he had ended seven wars without UN help and questioned the organization’s purpose.
• He said recent recognitions of a Palestinian state by France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Portugal would “reward” Hamas, urging a focus on freeing hostages.
• He accused UN assistance programs of “financing an attack” on Western borders, cast migration as destroying Europe, and touted hardline U.S. enforcement.
• He urged European nations to halt purchases of Russian energy immediately, alleged China and India are financing the Ukraine war via imports, and warned of strong U.S. tariffs if Moscow resists a deal.
• He denounced climate policy as a “scam,” promoted fossil fuel expansion, and warned Venezuelan narcotraffickers that U.S. forces would blow up drug-running boats, as UN leaders later defended multilateralism.