Overview

• In a nearly hourlong UN General Assembly speech, Trump rejected unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state as a reward for Hamas, urged the release of hostages, and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
• He warned the United States is prepared to impose a "very strong" new round of tariffs on Russia to force an end to the war, contingent on European countries stopping purchases of Russian energy.
• Trump announced an initiative to pursue AI-based verification to enforce the Biological Weapons Convention, casting it as a U.S.-led international effort.
• He castigated European policies on migration and green energy—saying countries were "going to hell"—and set a meeting with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for next week after a brief exchange at the U.N.
• He claimed to have "ended seven wars," a statement disputed in reporting, and later posted that Ukraine can regain all occupied territory with NATO and EU support after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy.