TIRADE AT THE UNITED NATIONS
On Sept 23, 2025 Pres. Trump spoke 56 minutes in front of the UN General Assembly (four times his allotted time limit) and spent most of his time focusing on two themes, climate change and immigration. He also extolled the US as a peacemaking nation. Among his points were:
Climate change is a “con job”, a “green scam” perpetrated on the world by “stupid people”. A side point is that China is scamming the world by exporting wind power hardware but not using wind power itself. In fact, China has more wind farms and wind power capacity than any other nation on earth.
Uncontrolled migration is ruining the world. The US put a stop to it on its own borders. In his words “…if you look back just a year ago it was millions and millions pouring in from all over the world, from prisons, from mental institutions, drug dealers.” Exaggerated claims to be sure. He thanked El Salvador for its prisons.
The US is a peacemaker (even though in Gaza it supplies Israel with weapons that Israel uses to kill thousands of Palestinians.) Also Trump says he will continue to stop and kill what he considers drug traffickers in international waters with no proof being offered.
Trump’s speech was red meat to his supporters. To others it probably sounded like an ignorant chauvinistic rant.
Sources: White House Press release 9/23/25 and The New York Times,9/23/25