President Donald Trump took the stage at the United Nations today addressing the General Assembly, speaking for nearly an hour, making several false statements taking aim at the UN itself along with migration and climate change. Michelle Fischer joining us now with more on what the president said. Michelle. Mark, the president spoke in front of a crowd of about 150 world leaders today. His criticism of the United Nations was juxtaposed with praise for the work his administration has done, claiming that
under his leadership, the US has the strongest borders, military, and relationships in the world. What is the purpose of the United Nations? The UN has such tremendous potential. I’ve always said it, it has such tremendous, tremendous potential, but it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential. harsh criticism as President Donald Trump spoke Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly. All they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up. It’s empty words
and empty words don’t solve war. Trump addressing about 150 world leaders. His speech coming after a rocky start to the morning.
All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle and then a teleprompter that didn’t work. Overcoming the snags the president using his time to blast immigration policies that he says have ruined some countries. Not only is the UN not solving the problems it should too often it’s actually creating new problems for us to
solve. The best example is the number one political issue of our time, the crisis of uncontrolled migration. Trump also praising his diplomatic involvement to end various conflicts, including the war in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I’ve also been working relentlessly stopping the killing in Ukraine. I thought that would be of of the seven wars that I stopped, I thought that would be the easiest because of my relationship with President Putin, which had always been a good one. The president welcoming Russia’s
president, Vladimir Putin, to the United States last month. Today, meeting with Ukraine’s president. Mr. President, do you think that NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace? Yes, I do. Recently, that’s included Poland and Estonia. The president asked if the United States would back NATO if that were to happen. Depends on the circumstance, but you know, we’re very strong toward NATO. And the president today vowing that the United States is poised to enact severe
tariffs on Russia if there is no peace deal. Now, this is a threat the president has previously made for weeks. He also called for other countries to stop buying Russian oil and energy products. Mark Michelle Fisher.
