NEW YORK (BN24)— President Donald Trump delivered a blistering address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, lambasting European allies over immigration, deriding climate initiatives as a “green scam,” and accusing the UN of failing to play any meaningful role in global peace efforts.
Returning to the UN for the first time in five years, Trump stunned delegates with a sweeping and combative speech that mixed boasts of peace deals with sharp rebukes of world leaders. “Your countries are going to hell,” he warned, pointing to what he called the destructive consequences of open borders and uncontrolled migration.
The president devoted much of his nearly hour-long address — more than three times the allotted length — to attacking the United Nations itself. He claimed the body offered little more than “empty words” and “strongly worded letters” while the United States carried the burden of mediating conflicts. “It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them,” he said.
Trump, who has repeatedly touted his role in resolving conflicts around the world, again listed what he said were seven wars ended during his second term, ranging from South Asia to the Middle East. He used the moment to renew his push for a Nobel Peace Prize, noting that leaders from Israel, Cambodia, Pakistan and Rwanda had supported nominations. “For me, the real prize will be the sons and daughters who live to grow up with their mothers and fathers, because millions of people are no longer being killed in endless and unglorious wars,” he said.
But his harshest words were reserved for Europe. He blasted what he described as the “globalist migration agenda,” singling out London Mayor Sadiq Khan as a “terrible mayor” and claiming without evidence that the city was moving toward Sharia law. “It’s uncontrolled. Your countries are being ruined,” Trump said.
On energy, Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated in the world” and railed against renewable energy projects. “Get away from the green scam or your countries will fail,” he warned, urging Europe to return to fossil fuels and exploit reserves such as the North Sea’s oil fields. He accused European governments of driving their countries “to the brink of destruction.”
Turning to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Trump pressed NATO members and other allies to stop buying Russian oil, saying they were “funding the war against themselves.” He threatened sweeping tariffs if Russia did not agree to end the conflict and scolded European leaders to follow America’s lead.
He briefly addressed the conflict in Gaza, prioritizing the release of Israeli hostages while condemning international recognition of Palestinian statehood. “This would be a reward for these horrible atrocities, including October 7,” Trump said.
Trump’s freewheeling delivery, which veered off-script after his teleprompter malfunctioned, drew scattered applause but also stunned silence across the hall. He joked that the UN had given him only “a broken escalator and a faulty teleprompter.”
The president closed by declaring that the United States was “the hottest country anywhere in the world” and insisted his leadership had restored American strength on the global stage. But his repeated refrain to world leaders — that immigration, climate policies, and reliance on the UN would doom their nations — defined one of the most incendiary UN addresses in recent memory.
