Addressing the world’s foremost diplomatic body with his characteristically undiplomatic rhetoric, Trump touted his record of revitalising US fortunes and said his nation has the “greatest weapons on earth” that it would rather not deploy.
“Not only is the UN not solving the problems it should, too often it’s also creating new problems for us to solve,” said Trump in the cavernous General Assembly hall in New York, slamming its support for refugees and migrants. “The UN is supposed to stop invasions, not create them and not finance them.”
“I’d like to speak my mind and speak the truth,” he said as he sharply criticised Europe for supporting Ukraine against Russia while buying Russian oil. “Those big windmills are so pathetic,” he added. “They rust and rot.”
In his speech, Trump underscored how “globalist institutions” and the “sleepy Joe Biden administration” have undermined the world order, weakened the United States and that his leadership heralded a “golden age” that made America the “hottest country in the world”.
