President Donald Trump is storming back to his old Manhattan stomping grounds Tuesday morning to deliver a forceful message to the United Nations General Assembly.
In the speech, Trump is reportedly set to cast himself as a master dealmaker who “confronted complex problems head-on” while the United Nations sat on its hands.
The 47th president is set to take the global stage in the premier morning slot traditionally reserved for American commanders-in-chief, following U.N. Chief António Guterres and Brazilian President Lula da Silva.
According to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz, Trump plans to hit the podium to speak of his foreign policy wins. The president is expected to discuss his record of tackling world conflicts that previous administrations “neglected,” tout his administration’s economic surges, and highlight his peace plans, including the 20-point Israel-Gaza framework.
He won’t be holding back on the military front, either. Trump is set to defend ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran and reiterate a non-negotiable line: the rogue regime in Tehran can never be allowed to hold a nuclear weapon.
“He will touch on the importance of Iran never having a nuclear weapon,” Waltz told reporters ahead of the big speech.
Trump’s triumphant return comes with a side of long-brewing bad blood between the United Nations and the administration. The president has made no secret of his disgust for the U.N. apparatus, famously blasting the institution as a talk shop of “empty words” that does nothing to solve real wars.
Trump’s U.N. feud goes back to his days as a New York real estate mogul, when he offered to rebuild the entire dilapidated U.N. complex for $500 million using lavish marble. The U.N. rejected his offer, opted for a far cheaper design, and proceeded to blow up to $2 billion in taxpayers’ cash on a budget-busting project that Trump argued produced a “far inferior product.”
More recently, Trump has been angry over the United Nations’ institutional sabotage and mechanical mishaps, targeting the building’s infrastructure after getting trapped on a stalled escalator and dealing with a glitched teleprompter during his appearance last year. That prompted U.N. officials to build a dedicated setup just for the American delegation this week.
The hostility isn’t just about bad machinery, either. The address comes as the United Nations continues to actively oppose Trump’s “America First” priorities. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued a release in January blasting Trump’s border crackdown, whining over ICE deportations, and accusing federal agents of “routine abuse.” Meanwhile, U.N. sub-agencies continue to draw Trump’s irritation for actively bankrolling migrant caravans with cash and supplies on their way to the U.S. southern border.
Trump’s core message to the globalist gathering will be his consistent message during his political career: national sovereignty beats globalism every single time.
“The future does not belong to globalists,” Trump has warned the assembly before. “The future belongs to patriots.”
Following his speech, the president is scheduled to go directly into a packed lineup of diplomatic meetings. Those will include his very first meeting with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and top leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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