President Trump delivered a combative UN General Assembly speech, calling climate change a “con job” and criticizing multiple countries by name.
The nearly hour-long address violated diplomatic protocol as Trump aired personal grievances about broken escalators and teleprompters at UN headquarters.
President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.
Setting aside calls for unity, Trump began his speech to the UN General Assembly by venting his frustration that the UN hadn’t done more to support his diplomatic efforts. He faulted the organization over an escalator that broke down just as Fir