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struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:42 PM Sep 2025

Trump speech at the UN

... "One year ago, our country was in deep trouble. But today, just eight months into my administration, we're the hottest country anywhere in the world, and there is no other country even close," he said at the top of his remarks ...

Trump accused the organization of ignoring conflicts around the world that he claims he solved, casting himself as a peacemaker.

"Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each one of these achievements," Trump said. "But for me, the real prize will be the sons and daughters who lived to grow up with their mothers and fathers because millions of people are no longer being killed in endless and inglorious wars" ...

To leaders gathered in the conference hall, Trump said: "Your countries are going to hell."

He also encouraged leaders to reject policies geared toward fighting climate change and global warming ...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-address-united-nations-general-assembly/story?id=125827572




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Vinca

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3. He also invited them all to Washington, DC, since he completely took care of the crime problem in only 12 days!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:55 PM
Sep 2025

Maybe we could convince him he can walk on water over the Potomac.

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