Overview

• Foreign leaders are openly flattering the president at the General Assembly, with at least seven having nominated or endorsed him for a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Behind the praise, diplomats describe deep concern about unpredictability and say a sidelined National Security Council and unfilled ambassadorships complicate engagement.
• Trump says he plans to meet “probably 20” leaders this week, including Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, Argentina’s Javier Milei, and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
• The administration denied visas to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation and will skip a French gathering recognizing a Palestinian state.
• New U.S. U.N. envoy Mike Waltz urged Russia to stop sending jets and drones into NATO airspace, and Trump said he would consider helping defend Poland and the Baltic states.