Tuesday, September 24, 2019

President Trump's Speech At The United Nations General Assembly -- News Roundup



Daily Mail: Donald Trump launches all-out attack on Iran AND China and condemns Tehran's 'bloodlust' as he tells Beijing 'America is watching' crackdown on Hong Kong and accuses Xi of manipulating the world's trade system

* Donald Trump took aim at Iran and China on Tuesday, claiming the nations were resting his patience
* During his speech at the United Nations General Assembly he said Tehran had 'bloodlust' and claimed Beijing was engaging in trade manipulation
* The criticism of Iran comes in the wake of the most recent attack on Saudi oil fields last week – the largest in the world
* He called for Iran to begin acting in its people's best interest
* He also addressed his trade war with China as he vowed to find a path forward
* And his speech had plenty of political fodder to appeal to his conservative base ahead of next year's presidential election

Donald Trump trained his rhetorical cannons at Iran and China on Tuesday, telling world leaders and a global audience that the Islamist nation's 'bloodlust' and Beijing's trade manipulations are testing his patience.

At the annual United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. president said nationalism must overrule globalism as people assert their rights. Globalism has 'exerted a religious pull over past leaders, causing them to ignore their own national interests,' he said.

'But as far as America is concerned, those days are over.'

Trump adopted an uncharacteristically dour, plodding tone – a State Department source said afterward that it was to accommodate translators working in dozens of languages – that robbed from his usual fire-and-brimstone approach to diplomacy.

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President Trump's Speech At The United Nations General Assembly -- News Roundup

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Trump vows pressure on Iran as Europeans seek UN breakthrough -- AFP
Trump at UNGA: 'No government should subsidise Iran's bloodlust' -- Al Jazeera
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