Trump attacks UN in fiery General Assembly speech, slams global institutions and aid
US president mixed campaign-style rhetoric with swipes at multilateralism, Europe and renewable energy
Addressing the world’s foremost diplomatic body with his typically undiplomatic rhetoric, Trump boasted about revitalising US fortunes, adding that the US has the “greatest weapons on earth” that it would rather not deploy.
“Not only is the UN not solving the problems it should, too often it’s also creating new problems for us to solve,” said Trump in the cavernous General Assembly hall in New York, slamming its support for refugees and migrants.
“The UN is supposed to stop invasions, not create them and not finance them.”
“I’d like to speak my mind and speak the truth,” he said as he sharply criticised Europe for supporting Ukraine against Russia while buying Russian oil. “Those big windmills are so pathetic,” he added. “They rust and rot.”
