President Donald Trump will deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday.U.N.Ambassador Mike Waltz told reporters that Trump’s remarks would highlight peace deals the president has worked on, U.S.
actions in the Western Hemisphere and progress on his 20-point peace plan in Gaza.It will also touch on the “importance of ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon,” Waltz said.The U.S.
president traditionally addresses the general assembly each year.In 2025, Trump spoke for almost an hour, criticizing climate change and European immigration policies.
But what grabbed headlines were mishaps before and during his appearance at the U.N., as the escalator carrying Trump and the first lady abruptly stopped and then the teleprompter with Trump’s speech broke early on in his remarks and he was forced to improvise.Trump at the time blamed the U.N., insinuating intentional sabotage to humiliate him, while U.N.officials said the White House’s videographer “may have inadvertently triggered the safety function” on the escalator.United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday.
Leonardo Munoz / AFP via Getty ImagesTrump’s remarks to the assembly this year come as the U.N.’s Human Rights Council found in a report last week “reasonable grounds to believe” that the U.S.had committed war crimes during “indiscriminate attacks” against an Iranian school and a residential area in February.Trump is expected to meet with several world leaders this week on the sidelines of the U.N.
gathering, including Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez.It will be Rodriguez’s first meeting with Trump since the U.S.
captured former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial.Trump is also expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has said the meeting “could change a lot,” adding that there “is diplomatic momentum” in a push for an energy truce with the Kremli...