TEL AVIV – Israeli officials on Tuesday lauded President Donald Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly, with Israel’s envoy to the international body praising Trump for being “on the right side of history.” Palestinians and left-wing American Jews, meanwhile, slammed the speech as harmful. Trump called on the international community to isolate Iran, and defended his decisions to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, leave the UN Human Rights Council and build a “major wall” with Mexico.Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said, “The president proves again that the US is on the right side of history.” “While standing on the side of Israel in the struggle for stability in the Middle East, the United States leads the United Nations into a new era that ends its obsession with Israel and pushes back against the Iranian regime,” he added in a statement. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said it has been a long time … [Read more...] about Israel: Trump’s UN Speech ‘On the Right Side of History’
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Trump’s UN speech draws blank stares, laughter
President Donald Trump's address to the U.N. General Assembly has drawn blank stares, headshakes and even laughter from wary world leaders.His opening line Tuesday, as he bragged about how successful his administration has been, was widely laughed at by the assembled group of world leaders.Trump briefly appeared flustered before remarking that it was not the reaction he expected.Trump has long claimed that his predecessors' weak leadership prompted other nations "to laugh" at the U.S. Colorado Springs News Hickenlooper, Kasich team up again — this time against Trump’s trade war Erin Prater Some in the audience also grumbled during Trump's remarks when he said "we reject the ideology" of globalism and criticized nations such as Germany for agreeing to an oil pipeline with Russia.When Trump criticized socialism, a member of the Swedish delegation frowned with disapproval. … [Read more...] about Trump’s UN speech draws blank stares, laughter
Trump delivers address to United Nations General Assembly — live updates
CBS News September 25, 2018, 9:05 AM President Trump is taking to the world stage on Tuesday to deliver his address before the United Nations General Assembly in New York. It is his second time addressing the body since taking office.Senior administration officials previewed the president's speech on Monday, saying Mr. Trump would discuss topics including the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Iran and the theme of "sovereignty." In the year since his last address, the president has taken a soft stance at times towards North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, while blasting America's closest allies.Trump's U.N. speech - live updates below: Trump on Iran Iran and the U.S.' pullout of the internationally-accepted Obama-era nuclear pact is expected to be raised in the president's address on Tuesday.Pompeo said that the administration's goals of reimposing strict sanctions on Iran and those that do business with the regime "have made clear we will not … [Read more...] about Trump delivers address to United Nations General Assembly — live updates
President Trump to address United Nations on Tuesday
President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton brought a prop to the UN General Assembly to underscore the Trump administration's primary theme: the US stands on its own.Bolton waved a copy of the Constitution, a little booklet meant to symbolize the message of sovereignty US officials will hammer home during the year's largest gathering of world leaders. "Everybody got a copy?" he asked reporters Monday, before outlining his vision that "infringements on our sovereignty are ... an infringement on the people themselves."Bolton and other officials were previewing a theme that Trump will strike Tuesday, when he is expected to use his second UN address to emphasize his administration's intent to distance itself from international groups and pacts the US has previously embraced. Even if Trump and his team of senior officials weren't explicitly driving home that message, the growing distance between the US and its traditional allies, particularly in Europe, will be on clear … [Read more...] about President Trump to address United Nations on Tuesday
Trump to address drugs, nuclear weapons in UN speeches
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will discuss the global drug trade and stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction during two speeches next week at the United Nations General Assembly. The White House says Thursday that Trump will address the "Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem" event Monday. He will address the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and chair Wednesday's U.N. Security Council meeting on counter-proliferation. Trump is to hold 'pull-aside meetings with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the General Assembly president. Trump will have longer bilateral meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, French President Emmanuel Macron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May. … [Read more...] about Trump to address drugs, nuclear weapons in UN speeches