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“It has such tremendous potential but it’s not even coming close to living up to that.”
These were the key moments from the 79-year-old’s UN address.
Countries ‘going to hell’ due to immigration
Trump lambasted the UN for “funding an assault” on Western nations that he described as an “invasion” due to insufficient migration controls.
US President Donald Trump has delivered a combative speech to the UN General Assembly that criticised world leaders. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
He said the fabric of Western nations was being destroyed.
“Your countries are going to hell,” he said, at one point adding: “If you don’t stop people that you’ve never seen before, that you have nothing in common with, your country is going to fail.”
Criticism of UN over Ukraine and Gaza
He added later: “For the most part, at least for now, 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.”
US President Donald Trump rejected moves by nations to recognise the State of Palestine. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
Recognition of the State of Palestine a ‘reward’ for Hamas
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday however that Trump could only achieve his long-held goal of a Nobel Peace Prize if he stopped the Gaza war.
Climate change ‘the greatest con job’
Most climate scientists agree that climate change is already happening and is driven largely by fossil fuel pollution. Its impacts are already apparent, with floods growing more extreme, droughts more widespread, and heat waves becoming more deadly.
From left, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Communications Minister Anika Wells watch US President Donald Trump give a scathing speech to world leaders. They gave him polite applause when he exited the chamber. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
But Trump slammed the science.
“All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people.”
Attacks on the UN
“These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter,” he said.
