2025 Donald Trump speech at the United Nations

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2025 Donald Trump speech at the United Nations
DateSeptember 23, 2025 (2025-09-23)
Duration57 minutes
Venue United Nations General Assembly
Location New York City, United States

On September 23, 2025, United States President Donald Trump delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. He spoke for 57 minutes. [1]

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Escalator incident

Prior to President Trump's speech, an escalator in the United Nations General Assembly Building stopped as he and Melania Trump were stepping onto it. Afterwards, the President demanded an investigation alleging sabotage and called for the arrest of those involved. [2] In response, conservative political commentator Jesse Watters suggested that the United States should either leave or "bomb" the UN. [3]

Content

President Trump condemned immigration and called climate change a "con job". [4] He criticized his European allies for investing in renewable energy and opening their borders to "a force of illegal aliens like nobody has ever seen before," claiming "Both the immigration and suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe." He also criticized Russia for its conduct in the Russo-Ukrainian War, dismissing Russia as a "paper tiger" and not a "real military power" while threatening additional tariffs on the country. [5] He mentioned a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva moments ago, stating that they "embraced each other", and announced a meeting with both next week.

Reception

The Wall Street Journal praised Trump's candor in telling the UN of its "growing irrelevance". [6] The South China Morning Post said that the speech was evidence that "the United States under Trump is heading in a different direction from most countries. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Curran, David (September 24, 2025). "'Your countries are going to hell': Trump's UN speech explained by an expert". The Conversation . Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ Yang, Tian (September 25, 2025). "Trump demands inquiry over UN 'triple sabotage' after escalator and teleprompter mishaps". BBC News . Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ Bishop, Holly (September 24, 2025). "Fox News host Jesse Watters says the US should bomb the UN over Trump's broken escalator". The Independent . ISSN   1741-9743. OCLC   185201487 . Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ Slattery, Gram; Holland, Steve (September 24, 2025). "Trump tells world leaders their countries are 'going to hell' in combative UN speech". Reuters . United Nations. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  5. ↑ Landale, James (September 23, 2025). "Trump UN speech: Seven years ago his audience laughed, this year they were silent". BBC News. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Trump Unplugged at Turtle Bay" . The Wall Street Journal . September 23, 2025. ISSN   1042-9840. OCLC   781541372 . Retrieved September 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Trump's speech raises questions about the future of the UN". South China Morning Post . ISSN   1563-9371. OCLC   648902513 . Retrieved September 27, 2025.
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