Overview

• Presiding over the 80th General Debate, Assembly president Annalena Baerbock opened with a "Better Together" appeal as UN chief António Guterres warned of an era of growing human suffering.
• President Trump attacked the UN’s effectiveness, branded uncontrolled migration the top issue, dismissed climate action as a "fraud," and praised Germany for an alleged return to fossil and nuclear energy, a claim contradicted by Germany’s nuclear exit.
• Trump asserted he ended "seven unendable wars" in seven months, a boast widely disputed in reporting and by states cited in his examples.
• After Trump blamed a faulty UN teleprompter, UN officials said the equipment in use was operated by the White House, and the president spoke well beyond his allotted time.
• Security officials said they dismantled a New York–area server network using about 100,000 SIM cards that posed an immediate threat to dignitaries, as Trump also criticized moves to recognize Palestine, demanded Hamas free all hostages, and threatened heavy tariffs unless Russia agrees to end its war on Ukraine.