Iran, Trump and UNGA speech
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US President Donald Trump returned to the stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, where he touted his administration's policies in front of world leaders and issued pointed threats to some of those gathered in the room. The lengthy speech was wide-ranging, covering the war in Iran, AI, Cuba and the role of America's military.
President Trump was, once again, all over American television screens Tuesday. Almost every major news channel — with the exception of CNN — carried a live feed of Trump’s speech to the UN General Assembly,
Live updates and the latest news as Trump gives a speech at the U.N. General Assembly and meets with world leaders from Denmark, Japan and Ukraine.
President Trump’s confrontational, campaign-style speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was met with silence and rejection, and both the Cuban and Iranian delegations walked out while he attacked them.
The president signed an arctic security pact, put public pressure on Tehran and Moscow, found an opening with Beijing and made a clear statement that Washington intends to keep the lead in what Trump now calls “superintelligence.
Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead
The President cast military action and economic coercion not as alternatives to diplomacy, but as the leverage that makes it work.
Donald Trump's speech was barely audible after major networks withdrew from the White House press pool in protest over the ban.
President chided Kaitlan Collins for asking him question at UN after White House ban on CNN, MS Now and Politico