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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE FROM
NEW YORK.
WE'RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH
BREAKING NEWS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
THE SPEECH WILL BE CLOSELY
WATCHED IN THE WAKE OF THE
PRESIDENT'S CONTROVERSIAL MOVES
ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT SINCE
HIS LAST U.N. APPEARANCE A YEAR
AGO ON TRADE, IMMIGRATION,
CLIMATE CHANGE, NORTH KOREA, THE
IRAN DEAL MOVES OFTEN
INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE.
IT'S A BUSY WEEK FOR THE
PRESIDENT BOTH HERE IN NEW YORK
WHERE HE HAS FOUR DAYS OF EVENTS
AT THE U.N. AS WELL AS WHAT'S
GOING ON IN WASHINGTON WHERE HIS
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT
KAVANAUGH FACES SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS, A BIG
HEARING ON THURSDAY.
AND NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN WHO
OVERSEES THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION.
ALL THIS PLAYING OUT UNDER THE
SHADOW OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
JUST SIX WEEKS FROM NOW.
THE PRESIDENT RUNNING QUITE LATE
FOR HIS SPEECH AT THE U.N.
TODAY.
HIS MOTORCADE LEFT ONLY A SHORT
TIME AGO, THE TRUMP TOWER HERE
IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.
THE PRESIDENT STOPPED AS HE
ENTERED THE U.N., MADE COMMENTS
TO REPORTERS ABOUT IRAN.
SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT EXPECT
TO MEET WITH IRANIAN LEADER
ROUHANI.
HE SAYS THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT
RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO CHIEF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ANDREA
MITCHELL HERE IN OUR NEW YORK
STUDIOS.
>> HE MISSED HIS SLOT.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK SECOND
AT THE U.N. TODAY.
HE WAS DEPARTING LATE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KEPT HIM AT
TRUMP TOWER.
THEN HE STOPPED TO TALK TO
REPORTERS AS YOU JUST POINTED
OUT.
HE WAS ASKED IF HE WAS GOING TO
MEET WITH PRESIDENT ROUHANI AS
YOU REMEMBER VERY WELL,
PRESIDENT ROUHANI TOLD YOU
EXCLUSIVELY YESTERDAY THAT HE
DOES NOT WANT TO MEET WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, SEES NO REASON
TO BECAUSE OF THE THREATS AND
THE OTHER DECISIONS MADE BY THE
U.S.
OBVIOUSLY THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE
IRAN DEAL.
WE'RE PLAYING TAPE.
YOU HEAR THE SHOUTING QUESTIONS.
HE SAID IRAN HAS TO CHANGE ITS
TUNE BEFORE HE WOULD MEET WITH
THEM.
HE TWEETED HE WAS NOT GOING TO
BE MEETING WITH ROUHANI BUT HE
SAID HE'S SURE SOME TIME IN THE
FUTURE.
HE SAID HE PROBABLY IS A LOVELY
MAN INEXPLICABLY.
THE OTHER BIG ISSUE IS NORTH
KOREA THAT HE WAS ALSO ASKED
ABOUT TODAY, LESTER.
HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN BIG
CHANGES THERE.
AND PROJECTED THAT THERE ARE
POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
NORTH KOREA AS YOU WELL REMEMBER
ONLY A YEAR AGO, HE WAS CALLING
KIM JONG-UN ROCKETMAN FROM THIS
PODIUM.
AND THEY WERE HAVING A BACK AND
FORTH OF TAKING ACTION AGAINST
NORTH KOREA.
YOU CAN HEAR THE INTRODUCTION
NOW.
>> AND ANDREA, THE PRESIDENT
YESTERDAY AND TODAY SUGGESTED
THAT ANOTHER SECOND SUMMIT WITH
KIM JONG-UN IS IN THE OFFING.
HE SAID THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON
IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'LL GET TO ALL THAT.
HERE IS THE PRESIDENT AT THE
U.N.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MR.
SECRETARY GENERAL, WORLD
LEADERS, AMBASSADORS, AND
DISTINGUISHED DELEGATES, ONE
YEAR AGO I STOOD BEFORE YOU FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN THIS GRAND
HALL.
I ADDRESSED THE THREATS FACING
OUR WORLD AND PRESENTED A VISION
TO ACHIEVE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR
ALL OF HUMANITY.
TODAY I STAND BEFORE THE UNITED
NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO
SHARE THE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS
WE'VE MADE.
IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, MY
ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED
MORE THAN ALMOST ANY
ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY.
SO TRUE.
DIDN'T EXPECT THAT REACTION, BUT
THAT'S OKAY.
AMERICA'S ECONOMY IS BOOMING
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
SINCE MY ELECTION, WE'VE ADDED
$10 TRILLION IN WEALTH.
THE STOCK MARKET IS AT AN
ALL-TIME HIGH IN HISTORY, AND
JOBLESS CLAIMS ARE AT A 50-YEAR
LOW.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
HISPANIC-AMERICAN, AND
ASIAN-AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE
ALL ACHIEVED THEIR LOWEST LEVELS
EVER RECORDED.
WE'VE ADDED MORE THAN 4 MILLION
NEW JOBS INCLUDING MANUFACTURING
JOBS.
WE HAVE PASSED THE BIGGEST TAX
CUTS AND REFORMS IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
WE'VE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION
OF A MAJOR BORDER WALL AND WE
HAVE GREATLY STRENGTHENED BORDER
SECURITY.
WE HAVE SECURED RECORD FUNDING
FOR OUR MILITARY.
$700 BILLION THIS YEAR AND 716
BILLION NEXT YEAR.
OUR MILITARY WILL SOON BE MORE
POWERFUL THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN
BEFORE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE UNITED
STATES IS STRONGER, SAFER, AND A
RICHER COUNTRY THAN IT WAS WHEN
I ASSUMED OFFICE LESS THAN TWO
YEARS AGO.
WE ARE STANDING UP FOR AMERICA
AND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND WE ARE ALSO STANDING UP FOR
THE WORLD.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR OUR
CITIZENS AND FOR PEACE-LOVING
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN NATIONS
RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THEIR
NEIGHBORS AND DEFEND THE
INTERESTS OF THEIR PEOPLE, THEY
CAN BEGIN TO WORK TOGETHER
TOWARDS SAFETY, PROSPERITY, AND
PEACE.
EACH OF US HERE TODAY IS THE
EMISSARY OF A DISTINCT CULTURE,
A RICH HISTORY, AND A PEOPLE
BOUND TOGETHER BY TIES OF
MEMORY, TRADITION, AND THE
VALUES THAT MAKE OUR HOMELANDS
LIKE NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
THAT IS WHY AMERICA WILL ALWAYS
CHOOSE INDEPENDENCE AND
COOPERATION OVER GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE, CONTROL, AND
DOMINATION.
I HONOR THE RIGHT OF EVERY
NATION IN THIS ROOM TO PURSUE
ITS OWN CUSTOMS, BELIEFS, AND
TRADITIONS.
THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT TELL
YOU HOW TO LIVE OR WORK OR
WORSHIP.
WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU HONOR OUR
SOVEREIGNTY IN RETURN.
FROM WARSAW TO BRUSSELS TO TOKYO
TO SINGAPORE, IT HAS BEEN MY
HIGHEST HONOR TO REPRESENT THE
UNITED STATES ABROAD.
I HAVE FORGED CLOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS
AND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
LEADERS OF MANY NATIONS IN THIS
ROOM AND OUR APPROACH HAS ALWAYS
YIELDED INCREDIBLE CHANGE.
WITH SUPPORT FROM MANY COUNTRIES
HERE TODAY, WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH
NORTH KOREA TO REPLACE THE
SPECTER OF CONFLICT WITH A BOLD
AND NEW PUSH FOR PEACE.
IN JUNE I TRAVELED TO SINGAPORE
TO MEET FACE-TO-FACE WITH NORTH
KOREA'S LEADER CHAIRMAN KIM
JONG-UN.
WE HAD HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS.
AND WE AGREED THAT IT WAS IN
BOTH COUNTRIES' INTEREST TO
PURSUE THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF
THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
SINCE THAT MEETING WE HAVE
ALREADY SEEN A NUMBER OF
ENCOURAGING MEASURES THAT FEW
COULD HAVE IMAGINED ONLY A SHORT
TIME AGO.
THE MISSILES AND ROCKETS ARE NO
LONGER FLYING IN EVERY
DIRECTION.
NUCLEAR TESTING HAS STOPPED.
SOME MILITARY FACILITIES ARE
ALREADY BEING DISMANTLED.
OUR HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN RELEASED
AND AS PROMISED, THE REMAINS OF
OUR FALLEN HEROES ARE BEING
RETURNED HOME.
TO LAY AT REST IN AMERICAN SOIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN
KIM FOR HIS COURAGE AND FOR THE
STEPS HE HAS TAKEN THOUGH MUCH
WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE.
THE SANCTIONS WILL STAY IN PLACE
UNTIL DENUCLEARIZATION OCCURS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MANY
MEMBER STATES WHO HELPED US
REACH THIS MOMENT.
A MOMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY FAR
GREATER THAN PEOPLE WOULD
UNDERSTAND.
FAR GREATER.
BUT FOR ALSO THEIR SUPPORT AND
THE CRITICAL SUPPORT THAT WE
WILL ALL NEED GOING FORWARD.
SPECIAL THANKS TO PRESIDENT MOON
OF SOUTH KOREA, PRIME MINISTER
ABE OF JAPAN, AND PRESIDENT XI
OF CHINA.
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, OUR NEW
APPROACH IS ALSO YIELDING GREAT
STRIDES AND VERY HISTORIC
CHANGE.
FOLLOWING MY TRIP TO SAUDI
ARABIA LAST YEAR, THE GULF
COUNTRIES OPENED A NEW CENTER TO
TARGET TERRORIST FINANCING.
THEY ARE ENFORCING NEW
SANCTIONS, WORKING WITH US TO
IDENTIFY AND TRACK TERRORIST
NETWORKS AND TAKING MORE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIGHTING
TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM IN THEIR
OWN REGION.
THE UAE, SAUDI ARABIA, AND QATAR
HAVE PLEDGED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO AID THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA AND
YEMEN.
AND THEY ARE PURSUING MULTIPLE
AVENUES TO ENDING YEMEN'S
HORRIBLE, HORRIFIC CIVIL WAR.
ULTIMATELY, IT IS UP TO THE
NATION OF THE REGIONS TO DECIDE
WHAT KIND OF FUTURE THEY WANT
FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
CHILDREN.
FOR THAT REASON, THE UNITED
STATES IS WORKING WITH THE GULF
COOPERATION COUNCIL.
JORDAN AND EGYPT TO ESTABLISH A
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SO THAT
MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS CAN
ADVANCE PROSPERITY, STABILITY
ACROSS THEIR HOME REGION.
THANKS TO THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH MANY OF YOUR NATIONS, I AM
PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE BLOOD
THIRSTY KILLERS KNOWN AS ISIS
HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT FROM THE
TERRITORY THEY ONCE HELD IN IRAQ
AND SYRIA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
FRIENDS AND ALLIES TO DENY
RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS ANY
FUNDING, TERRITORY, OR SUPPORT
OR ANY MEANS OF INFILTRATING OUR
BORDERS.
THE ONGOING TRAGEDY IN SYRIA IS
HEART BREAKING.
OUR SHARED GOALS MUST BE THE
DE-ESCALATION OF MILITARY
CONFLICT ALONG WITH A POLITICAL
SOLUTION THAT HONORS THE WILL OF
THE SYRIAN PEOPLE.
IN THIS VAIN, WE URGE THE UNITED
NATIONS-LED PEACE PROCESS BE
REINVIGORATED.
BUT REST ASSURED THE UNITED
STATES WILL RESPOND IF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ARE DEPLOYED BY THE
ASSAD REGIME.
I COMMEND THE PEOPLE OF JORDAN
AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
FOR HOSTING REFUGEES FROM THIS
VERY BRUTAL CIVIL WAR.
AS WE SEE IN JORDAN, THE MOST
COMPASSIONATE POLICY IS TO PLACE
REFUGEES AS CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES
AS POSSIBLE.
TO EASE THEIR EVENTUAL RETURN TO
BE PART OF THE REBUILDING
PROCESS.
THIS APPROACH ALSO STRETCHES
FINITE RESOURCES TO HELP FAR
MORE PEOPLE INCREASING THE
IMPACT OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT.
EVERY SOLUTION TO THE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA
MUST ALSO INCLUDE A STRATEGY TO
ADDRESS THE BRUTAL REGIME THAT
HAS FUELED AND FINANCED IT.
THE CORRUPT DICTATORSHIP IN
IRAN.
IRAN'S LEADERS SOW CHAOS, DEATH,
AND DESTRUCTION.
THEY DO NOT RESPECT THEIR
NEIGHBORS OR BORDERS OR THE
SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF NATIONS.
INSTEAD, IRAN'S LEADERS PLUNDER
THE NATION'S RESOURCES TO ENRICH
THEMSELVES AND TO SPREAD MAYHEM
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND FAR
BEYOND.
THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE RIGHTLY
OUTRAGED THAT THEIR LEADERS HAVE
EMBEZZLED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FROM IRAN'S TREASURE, SEIZED
VALUABLE PORTIONS OF INCOME, AND
LOOTED THE PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS
ENDOWMENTS ALL TO LINE THEIR OWN
POCKETS AND SEND THEIR PROXIES
TO WAGE WAR.
NOT GOOD.
IRAN'S NEIGHBORS HAVE PAID A
HEAVY TOLL FOR THE REGION'S
AGENDA OF AGGRESSION AND
EXPANSION.
THAT IS WHY SO MANY COUNTRIES IN
THE MIDDLE EAST STRONGLY
SUPPORTED MY DECISION TO
WITHDRAW THE UNITED STATES FROM
THE HORRIBLE 2015 IRAN NUCLEAR
DEAL.
AND REIMPOSE NUCLEAR SANCTIONS.
THE IRAN DEAL WAS A WIN FALL.
IRAN'S BUDGET GREW NEARLY 40%.
THE DICTATORSHIP USED THE FUNDS
TO BUILD NUCLEAR-CAPABLE
MISSILES, INCREASE INTERNAL
REPRESSION, FINANCE TERRORISM,
AND FUND HAVOC AND SLAUGHTER IN
SYRIA AND YEMEN.
THE UNITED STATES HAS LAUNCHED A
CAMPAIGN OF ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO
DENY THE REGIME THE FUNDS IT
NEEDS TO ADVANCE ITS BLOODY
AGENDA.
LAST MONTH WE BEGAN REIMPOSING
HARD-HITTING NUCLEAR SANCTIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN LIFTED UNDER THE
IRAN DEAL.
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WILL RESUME
NOVEMBER 5th AND WAR WILL
FOLLOW.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH
COUNTRIES THAT IMPORT IRANIAN
CRUDE OIL TO CUT THEIR PURCHASES
SUBSTANTIALLY.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THE WORLD'S
LEADING SPONSOR OF TERRORISM TO
POSSESS THE PLANET'S MOST
DANGEROUS WEAPONS.
WE CANNOT ALLOW A REGIME THAT
CHANTS "DEATH TO AMERICA" AND
THAT THREATENS ISRAEL WITH
ANNIHILATION TO POSSESS THE
MEANS TO DELIVER A NUCLEAR
WARHEAD TO ANY CITY ON EARTH.
JUST CAN'T DO IT.
WE ASK ALL NATIONS TO ISOLATE
IRAN'S REGIME AS LONG AS IT'S
AGGRESSION CONTINUES.
AND WE ASK ALL NATIONS TO
SUPPORT IRAN'S PEOPLE AS THEY
STRUGGLE TO RECLAIM THEIR
RELIGIOUS AND RIGHTEOUS DESTINY.
THIS YEAR WE ALSO TOOK ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN THE
MIDDLE EAST IN RECOGNITION OF
EVERY SOVEREIGN STATE TO
DETERMINE ITS OWN CAPITAL.
I MOVE THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
ISRAEL TO JERUSALEM.
THE UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED
TO A FUTURE OF PEACE AND
STABILITY IN THE REGION.
INCLUDING PEACE BETWEEN THE
ISRAELIS AND THE PALESTINIANS.
THAT AIM IS ADVANCED, NOT
HARMED, BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE
FACTS.
THE PRINCIPLE REALISM MEANS WE
WILL NOT BE HELD HOSTAGE TO OLD
DOGMAS, DISCREDITED IDEOLOGIES,
AND SO-CALLED EXPERTS WHO HAVE
BEEN PROVEN WRONG OVER THE YEARS
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
THIS IS TRUE NOT ONLY IN MATTERS
OF PEACE, BUT IN MATTERS OF
PROSPERITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT TRADE MUST BE
FAIR AND RECIPROCAL.
THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ANY LONGER.
FOR DECADES, THE UNITED STATES
OPENED ITS ECONOMY, THE LARGEST
BY FAR ON EARTH, WITH FEW
CONDITIONS.
WE ALLOWED FOREIGN GOODS FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD TO FLOW
FREELY ACROSS OUR BORDERS.
YET OTHER COUNTRIES DID NOT
GRANT US FAIR AND RECIPROCAL
ACCESS TO THEIR MARKETS IN
RETURN.
EVEN WORSE, SOME COUNTRIES
ABUSED THEIR OPENNESS TO DUMP
THEIR PRODUCTS, SUBSIDIZE THEIR
GOODS, TARGET OUR INDUSTRIES,
AND MANIPULATE THEIR CURRENCIES
TO GAIN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER
OUR COUNTRY.
AS A RESULT OUR TRADE DEFICIT
BALLOONED TO NEARLY $800 BILLION
A YEAR.
FOR THIS REASON WE ARE
SYSTEMICALLY RENEGOTIATING
BROKEN AND BAD TRADE DEALS.
LAST MONTH WE ANNOUNCED A
GROUND-BREAKING U.S./MEXICO
TRADE AGREEMENT.
AND JUST YESTERDAY I STOOD WITH
PRESIDENT MOON TO ANNOUNCE THE
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE
BRAND NEW U.S./KOREA TRADE DEAL.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
MANY NATIONS IN THIS HALL WILL
AGREE THAT THE WORLD TRADING
SYSTEM IS IN DIRE NEED OF
CHANGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, COUNTRIES WERE
ADMITTED TO THE WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION THAT VIOLATE EVERY
SINGLE PRINCIPLE ON WHICH THE
ORGANIZATION IS BASED.
WHILE THE UNITED STATES AND MANY
OTHER NATIONS PLAY BY THE RULES,
THESE COUNTRIES USE
GOVERNMENT-RUN INDUSTRIAL
PLANNING AND STATE-OWNED
ENTERPRISES TO RIG THE SYSTEM IN
THEIR FAVOR.
THEY ENGAGE IN RELENTLESS
PRODUCT DUMPING, FORCED
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND THE
THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THE UNITED STATES LOST OVER 3
MILLION MANUFACTURING JOBS
NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL STEEL
JOBS.
AND 60,000 FACTORIES AFTER CHINA
JOINED THE WTO.
AND WE HAVE RACKED UP $13
TRILLION IN TRADE DEFICITS OVER
THE LAST TWO DECADES.
BUT THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
WE WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE SUCH
ABUSE.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW OUR WORKERS TO
BE VICTIMIZED, OUR COMPANIES TO
BE CHEATED, AND OUR WEALTH TO BE
PLUNDERED AND TRANSFERRED.
AMERICA WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR
PROTECTING ITS CITIZENS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS JUST
ANNOUNCED TARIFFS ON ANOTHER
$200 BILLION IN CHINESE-MADE
GOODS FOR A TOTAL SO FAR OF $250
BILLION.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT AND
AFFECTION FOR MY FRIEND
PRESIDENT XI, BUT I HAVE MADE
CLEAR OUR TRADE IMBALANCE IS
JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.
CHINA'S MARKET DISTORTIONS AND
THE WAY THEY DEAL CANNOT BE
TOLERATED.
AS MY ADMINISTRATION HAS
DEMONSTRATED, AMERICA WILL
ALWAYS ACT IN OUR NATIONAL
INTERESTS.
I SPOKE BEFORE THIS BODY LAST
YEAR AND WARNED THAT THE U.N.
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HAD BECOME
A GRAVE EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS
INSTITUTION.
SHIELDING EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSERS WHILE BASHING AMERICA
AND ITS MANY FRIENDS.
OUR AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
NATIONS NIKKI HALEY LAID OUT A
CLEAR AGENDA FOR REFORM, BUT
DESPITE REPORTED AND REPEATED
WARNINGS, NO ACTION AT ALL WAS
TAKEN SO THE UNITED STATES TOOK
THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE COURSE.
WE WITHDREW FROM THE HUMAN
RIGHTS COUNCIL AND WE WILL NOT
RETURN UNTIL REAL REFORM IS
ENACTED.
FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE UNITED
STATES WILL PROVIDE NO SUPPORT
IN RECOGNITION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL COURT.
THE ICC HAS NO JURISDICTION, NO
LEGITIMACY, AND NO AUTHORITY.
THE ICC CLAIMS NEAR UNIVERSAL
JURISDICTION OVER THE CITIZENS
OF EVERY COUNTRY.
VIOLATING ALL PRINCIPLES OF
JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND DUE
PROCESS.
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER
AMERICA'S SOVEREIGNTY TO AN
UNELECTED, UNACCOUNTABLE, GLOBAL
BUREAUCRACY.
AMERICA IS GOVERNED BY
AMERICANS.
WE REJECT THE IDEOLOGY OF
GLOBALISM, AND WE EMBRACE THE
DOCTRINE OF PATRIOTISM AROUND
THE WORLD.
RESPONSIBLE NATIONS MUST DEFEND
AGAINST THREATS TO SOVEREIGNTY
NOT JUST FROM GLOBAL GOVERNMENTS
BUT ALSO FROM OTHER NEW FORMS OF
COERCION AND DOMINATION.
IN AMERICA WE BELIEVE STRONGLY
IN ENERGY SECURITY FOR OURSELVES
AND FOR OUR ALLIES.
WE HAVE BECOME THE LARGEST
ENERGY PRODUCER ANYWHERE ON THE
FACE OF THE EARTH.
THE UNITED STATES STANDS READY
TO EXPORT OUR ABUNDANT,
AFFORDABLE SUPPLY OF OIL, CLEAN
COAL, AND NATURAL GAS.
OPEC AND OPEC NATIONS ARE AS
USUAL RIPPING OFF THE REST OF
THE WORLD AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
NOBODY SHOULD LIKE IT.
WE DEFEND MANY OF THESE NATIONS
FOR NOTHING.
AND THEN THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
US BY GIVING US HIGH OIL PRICES.
NOT GOOD.
WE WANT THEM TO STOP RAISING
PRICES.
WE WANT THEM TO START LOWERING
PRICES.
AND THEY MUST CONTRIBUTE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO MILITARY
PROTECTION FROM NOW ON.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH
IT, THESE HORRIBLE PRICES, MUCH
LONGER.
RELIANCE ON A SINGLE FOREIGN
SUPPLIER CAN LEAVE A NATION
VULNERABLE TO EXTORTION AND
INTIMIDATION.
THAT IS WHY CONGRATULATE
EUROPEAN STATES SUCH AS POLAND
FOR LEADING CONSTRUCTION OF SO
NATIONS NOT ARE ON DEPENDENT ON
RUSSIA
OF EXPANSIONIST FOREIGN POWERS.
IT'S BEEN THE FORMAL POLICY OF
OUR COUNTRY SINCE PRESIDENT
MONROE, THAT WE REJECT THE
INTERFERENCE OF FOREIGN NATIONS,
IN THIS HEMISPHERE AND IN OUR
OWN AFFAIRS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS RECENTLY
STRENGTHENED OUR LAWS, TO BETTER
SCREEN FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN
OUR COUNTRY FOR NATIONAL
SECURITY THREATS.
AND WE
COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION, AND
AROUND THE WORLD THAT ISSUE TO
DO THE SAME.
YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR YOUR OWN
PROTECTION.
THE UNITED STATES IS WORKING
WITH PARTNERS IN LATIN AMERICA,
TO CONTROL THREATS FROM
UNCONTROLLED MIGRATION.
TOLERANCE FOR HUMAN STRUGGLING
AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS NOT
HUMANE.
IT'S A HORRIBLE THING THAT'S
GOING ON, AT LEVELS THAT NOBODY
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
IT'S VERY, VERY CRUEL.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FUNDS
CRIMINAL NETWORKS, RUTHLESS
GANGS AND THE FLOW OF DEADLY
DRUGS.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONS HURTS
HARD-WORKING CITIZENS.
AND HAS PRODUCED A VICIOUS
TAKELE OF CRIME, VIOLENCE AND
POVERTY.
ONLY BY UPHOLDING NATIONAL
BORDERS, DESTROYING CRIMINAL
GANGS, CAN WE BREAK THIS CYCLE
AND ESTABLISH A REAL FOUNDATION
FOR PROSPERITY.
WE RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF EVERY
NATION IN THIS ROOM, TO SET ITS
OWN IMMIGRATION POLICY, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS NATIONAL
INTERESTS, JUST AS WE ASK OTHER
COUNTRIES TO RESPECT OUR OWN
RIGHT TO DO THE SAME, WHICH WE
ARE DOING.
THAT'S ONE REASON THE UNITED
STATES WON'T PARTICIPATE ON
GLOBAL MIGRATION.
MIGRATION SHOULD NOT BE
ACCOUNTABLE TO A GOVERNING BODY.
THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO THE
MIGRATION CRISIS IS TO HELP
PEOPLE BUILD MORE HELPFUL
FUTURES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.
MAKE THEIR COUNTRIES GREAT
AGAIN.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE WITNESSING A
HUMAN TRAGEDY AS AN EXAMPLE IN
VENEZUELA.
MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
FLED THE MADURO REGIME AND ITS
SPONSORS.
NOT LONG AGO, IT WAS ONE OF THE
RICHEST COUNTRIES ON EARTH.
NOW, SOCIALISM HAS BANKRUPT THE
OIL-RICH NATION AND HAS DRIVEN
ITS PEOPLE INTO ABJECT POVERTY.
VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE SOCIALISM
OR COMMUNISM HAS BEEN TRIED,
IT'S PRODUCED DECAY.
SOCIALISM'S THIRST FOR POWER,
LEADS TO OPPRESSION.
ALL NATIONS IN THE WORLD SHOULD
RESIST SOCIALISM AND THE MISERY
THAT IT BRINGS TO EVERYONE.
IN THAT SPIRIT, WE ASK THE
NATIONS GATHERED HERE CALLING
FOR THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY
IN VENEZUELA.
TODAY, WE'RE ANNOUNCING
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE
REPRESSIVE REGIME, TARGETING
MADURO'S INNER CIRCLE AND CLOSE
ADVISERS.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE
WORK THE UNITED NATIONS DOES
AROUND THE WORLD, TO HELP PEOPLE
BUILD BETTER LIVES FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE UNITED STATES IS THE WORLD'S
LARGEST GIVER, IN THE WORLD, BY
FAR, OF FOREIGN AID.
BUT FEW GIVE ANYTHING TO US.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE TAKING A HARD
LOOK AT U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
THAT WILL BE HEADED UP BY
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO.
WE WILL EXAMINE WHAT IS WORKING,
WHAT IS NOT WORKING AND WHETHER
THE COUNTRIES WHO RECEIVE OUR
DOLLARS AND OUR PROTECTION, ALSO
HAVE OUR INTERESTS AT HEART.
MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE ONLY GOING
TO GIVE FOREIGN AID TO THOSE WHO
RESPECT US AND, FRANKLY, ARE OUR
FRIENDS.
AND WE EXPECT OTHER COUNTRIES TO
PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR THE
COST OF THEIR DEFENSE.
THE UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED
TO MAKING THE UNITED NATIONS
MORE EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE.
I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, THAT THE
UNITED NATIONS HAS UNLIMITED
POTENTIAL.
AS PART OF OUR REFORM EFFORT, I
HAVE TOLD OUR NEGOTIATORS THAT
THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT PAY
MORE THAN 25% OF THE U.N.
PEACEKEEPING BUDGET.
THIS WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER
COUNTRIES TO STEP UP, GET
INVOLVED AND ALSO SHARE IN THIS
VERY LARGE BURDEN.
WE ARE WORKING TO SHIFT MORE OF
OUR FUNDING FROM ASSESSED
CONTRIBUTIONS TO VOLUNTARY, SO
WE CAN TARGET THE PROGRAMS WITH
THE BEST RECORD OF SUCCESS.
ONLY WHEN EACH OF US DOES OUR
PART AND CONTRIBUTES OUR SHARE,
CAN WE REALIZE THE U.N.'S
HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS.
WE MUST PURSUE PEACE WITHOUT
FEAR, HOPE WITHOUT DESPAIR AND
SECURITY WITHOUT APOLOGY.
LOOKING AROUND THIS HALL, WHERE
HISTORY HAS TRANSPIRED, WE THINK
OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME HERE TO
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF THEIR
NATIONS AND THEIR TIMES.
AND OUR THOUGHTS TURN TO THE
SAME QUESTION THAT RAN THROUGH
ALL OF THE SPEECHES AND
RESOLUTIONS, THROUGH EVERY WORD
AND EVERY HOPE.
IT'S THE QUESTION OF WHAT KIND
OF WORLD WILL WE LEAVE FOR OUR
CHILDREN?
AND WHAT KIND OF NATIONS THEY
WILL INHERIT.
THE DREAMS THAT FILL THIS HALL
TODAY ARE AS DIVERSE AS THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOOD AT THIS
PODIUM.
AND AS VARIED AS THE COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED RIGHT HERE IN THIS
BODY ARE.
IT REALLY IS GREAT, GREAT
HISTORY.
IT'S INDIA, A FREE SOCIETY OVER
1 BILLION PEOPLE, SUCCESSFULLY
LIFTING MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY
AND INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THERE'S SAUDI ARABIA, WHERE KING
SOLOMAN AND THE CROWN PRINCE ARE
PURSUING NEW REFORMS.
THERE'S ISRAEL WHO IS
CELEBRATING ITS 70th ANNIVERSARY
AS A DEMOCRACY IN THE HOLY LAND.
IN POLAND, A GREAT PEOPLE ARE
STANDING UP FOR THEIR
INDEPENDENCE, THEIR SECURITY AND
THEIR SOVEREIGNTY.
MANY COUNTRIES ARE PURSUING
THEIR OWN UNIQUE VISIONS,
BUILDING HOPEFUL FUTURES AND
CHASING THE WONDERFUL DREAMS OF
DESTINY, OF LEGACY AND OF A
HOME.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS RICHER.
HUMANITY IS BETTER.
PAUSE OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF
NATIONS, EACH VERY SPECIAL, EACH
UNIQUE, AND EACH SHINING
BRIGHTLY IN ITS PART OF THE
WORLD.
IN EACH ONE, WE SEE AWESOME
PROMISE OF A PEOPLE BOUND
TOGETHER BY A SHARED PAST AND
WORKING TOWARDS A COMMON FUTURE.
AS FOR AMERICANS, WE KNOW WHAT
KIND OF FUTURE WE WANT FOR
OURSELVES.
WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF A NATION
AMERICA MUST ALWAYS
DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
WE BELIEVE IN SELF-GOVERNMENT
AND THE RULE OF LAW.
AND WE PRIDE THE CULTURE THAT
SUSTAINS OUR LIBERTY.
A CULTURE BUILT ON STRONG
FAMILIES, DEEP FAITH AND FIERCE
INDEPENDENCE.
WE PRESSURE OUR TRADITIONS.
AND ABOVE ALL, WE LOVE OUR
COUNTRY.
INSIDE EVERYONE IN THIS CHAMBER
TODAY, AND EVERYONE LISTENING
AROUND THE GLOBE, THERE'S THE
HEART OF A PATRIOT THAT FEELS
THE SAME LOVE FOR YOUR NATION,
THE SAME INTENSE LOYALTY TO YOUR
HOMELAND.
THE PASSION IN A BURNS IN THE
HEARTS OF PATRIOTS AND THE SOULS
OF NATIONS, HAS INSPIRED REFORM
AND REVOLUTION, SACRIFICE AND
SELFLESSNESS, SCIENTIFIC
BREAKTHROUGHS AND MAGNIFICENT
WORKS OF ART.
OUR TASK IS NOT TO ERASE IT, BUT
TO EMBRACE IT.
TO BUILD WITH IT AND DRAW ON ITS
ANCIENT WISDOM AND TO FIND
WITHIN IT THE WILL TO MAKE OUR
NATION'S GREATER, OUR REGIONS
SAFER.
AND THE WORLD BETTER.
TO UNLEASH THIS INCREDIBLE
POTENTIAL IN OUR PEOPLE, WE MUST
DEFEND THE FOUNDATIONS THAT MAKE
IT ALL POSSIBLE.
SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT
NATIONS IS WHERE PEACE HAS
PROSPERED AND SO, WE MUST
PROTECT OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND OUR
CHERISHED INDEPENDENCE ABOVE
ALL.
WHEN WE DO, WE WILL FIND NEW
AVENUES FOR COOPERATION
UNFOLDING BEFORE US.
WE WILL FIND NEW PASSION FOR
PEACEMAKING, RISING WITHIN US.
WE WILL FIND NEW PURPOSE, NEW
RESOLVE, AND NEW SPIRIT
FLOURISHING ALL AROUND US.
AND MAKING THIS A VERY DIFFICULT
WORLD IN WHICH TO LIVE.
SO, TOGETHER, LET'S CHOOSE
PROSPERITY AND PRIDE.
LET'S CHOOSE PEACE AND FREEDOM
OVER DOMINATION AND DEFEAT.
AND LET US COME HERE TO THIS
PLACE, TO STAND FOR OUR PEOPLE
AND THEIR NATIONS.
FOREVER STRONG, FOREVER
SOVEREIGN, AND FOREVER JUSTICE.
AND THANKFUL FOR THE GOODNESS
AND THE GLORY OF GOD.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD
BLESS THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CONCLUDING A
LITTLE OVER A HALF-HOUR REMARKS
BEFORE THE U.N. GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, MEETING HERE IN
NEW YORK.
IT WAS HEAVY ON DEFENSE OF
AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY.
AND UNILATERALISM, OF HUMAN
RIGHTS, OF INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT GETTING OFF TO A
START HE DIDN'T EXPECT, AS HE
BEGAN HIS REMARKS SAYING, LET ME
FIND THE QUOTE.
I THINK WE HAVE IT.
LET'S PLAY THAT MOMENT.
>> IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, MY
ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED
MORE THAN ALMOST ANY
ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY.
AMERICA'S -- SO TRUE.
DIDN'T EXPECT THAT REACTION.
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
>> SOUNDED LIKE SOME IN THE
CROWD WERE MOCKING THE
PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO BRING IN ANDREA
MITCHELL.
WHAT NEW TEAMS DID YOU HEAR FROM
THE PRESIDENT?
>> HE WAS BOASTFUL.
BOASTING ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET,
BOASTING ABOUT AMERICA.
HARDLY THE PLATFORM TO DO THAT,
WHERE HE'S ADDRESSING MANY OF
THESE NATIONS, SOME STRUGGLING
WITH THEIR ECONOMIES.
AND HE'S BOASTING, THREATENING
IRAN.
IMPOSING NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST
VENEZUELA, AGAINST THEIR
CONTROVERSIAL REPRESSIVE
GOVERNMENT.
CALLING ON THE OTHER NATIONS TO
RESTORE DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA.
A WEALTHY COMPANY WITH GREAT OIL
RESOURCES.
IT'S BEEN DECIMATED BY THE
CURRENT LEADERSHIP.
IS RESTORING DEMOCRAT A MILITARY
OPTION?
THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF THAT.
AND THE U.S. HISTORY IN LATIN
AMERICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA IS
VERY CONTROVERSIAL.
AND SLAMMING, AGAIN, ANGELA
MERKEL, GERMANY, SAYING THEY ARE
TOO RELIANT ON RUSSIA FOR THEIR
ENERGY.
THAT WAS GREETED BY LAUGHTER AND
A SHOT OF THE GERMAN DELEGATION.
AND HE THREATENED TO CUT FOREIGN
AID TO ANYBODY THAT IS NOT
AMERICA'S FRIENDS.
>> ON WHAT HE SAID TO GERMANY
AND RUSSIAN OIL, THAT WAS THE
ONLY MENTION OF RUSSIA.
DID NOT MENTION THEIR
INTERNATIONAL VENTURES.
>> HE GAVE RUSSIA A COMPLETE AND
TOTAL PASS.
NO MENTION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, OF
THE AGGRESSION, THEIR SUPPORT
FOR ASSAD.
HE SLAMMED IRAN FOR SUPPORTING
THE SYRIAN REGIME BUT NOT
RUSSIA, WHICH IS MORE NEEDED FOR
THE SURVIVAL OF BASHAR AL ASSAD.
NO MENTION OF OUR INTERFERENCE,
AT ALL.
>> AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF
THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SPEECH.
PETER, YOU'RE WATCHING ALONG.
WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?
>> WHAT IS NOTABLE, THE TIMING
OF THE SPEECH.
HE DOESN'T SET THE TIMING OF IT.
BUT IT COMES IN WHAT IS A
REMARKABLE WEEK FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
THE PRESIDENT, ON THURSDAY, WILL
BE MEETING WITH ROD ROSENSTEIN,
AND WHAT COULD BECOME A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
AND THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
WATCHING, AS THE MAN HE HAS
PICKED TO BE PUT ON THE SUPREME
COURT, BRETT KAVANAUGH FACES AN
ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED HEARING.
BRETT KAVANAUGH, CALLING THE
SMEARS.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THEY ARE
FALSE ACCUSATIONS.
>> PETER ALEXANDER, THANK YOU.
THERE WILL BE CONTINUING
COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON MSNBC.