Overview

• In a nearly hour-long speech, he said the United Nations is "funding an assault" on Western borders and told leaders their countries were "going to hell" unless they end "open borders."
• He dismissed climate action as "the greatest con job," promoted fossil fuels and nuclear power, urged Europe to halt purchases of Russian energy, and warned of strong U.S. tariffs on Russia contingent on allied participation.
• He claimed to have "ended seven wars" and brokered multiple peace deals without U.N. help, assertions that several governments and reporters have disputed or downplayed.
• He announced a plan to lead an AI-driven verification initiative for the Biological Weapons Convention in coordination with other leaders.
• The U.S. Secret Service said it disrupted a telecommunications plot using a farm of more than 100,000 cellphone SIM cards near U.N. events tied to nation-state actors, as he set meetings with the U.N. chief, Ukraine’s president and a Middle East grouping.