UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump launched an attack on the UN and policies it promotes, like fighting climate change, adding some harsh words for Washington’s ally on Tuesday.
His criticism received pushback from speakers before and after him on the podium at the General Assembly.
“What is the purpose of the UN?” he asked. “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, ” he said.
“It’s not even coming close to living up to that potential, ” he said.
As if to buttress the claim about the inefficiency of the UN, the escalator jerked to a halt when he was on it, and the teleprompter failed.
He said that it allows one to speak directly and went on to deliver a rambling speech, a lot of it like an election stump speech directed at a domestic population.
It lasted for 57 minutes while his allotted time was 15 minutes.
He spoke of the stock market record, the stopping of illegal immigration, the tariffs, and to regain during his second term, the “greatest economy in the history of the world” that he asserted was in his first term.