Overview

• In a nearly hourlong General Assembly address, Trump condemned the United Nations as ineffective, urged an end to "open borders," derided green energy and climate science, and pressed Europe to halt purchases of Russian oil and gas.
• Trump asserted he has "ended seven wars" and called June U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites an unmitigated success, statements presented as his claims and not independently verified.
• He pledged a U.S.-led international effort to enforce the Biological Weapons Convention using an AI-driven verification system developed in coordination with other leaders.
• After complaining about a broken escalator and teleprompter, U.N. officials and the General Assembly president said the escalator stoppage was triggered by someone in his party and that the White House operated the teleprompter.
• The U.S. Secret Service said it disrupted a telecommunications plot involving more than 100,000 SIM cards intended to block communications near the U.N., while Trump held sideline meetings including with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a multilateral Middle East group, reiterating opposition to Palestinian state recognition and urging Hamas to free hostages.