Adam
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Donald Trump has delivered a shockingly bellicose speech during his first appearance before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The speech began by striking a tone which sounded more like a speech before a domestic US audience than before the nations of the world.
Trump welcomed delegates and leaders to his home town of New York before citing the fact that his leadership has brought the US stock markets to record highs. He also cited a sixteen year low unemployment rate in the US before proudly announcing that the US is now spending record amounts on the military.
The US President then said that the US military will soon be the strongest it has ever been. This would be the central element of a speech that was filled with threats against fellow members of the United Nations.
Early in the speech Trump stated that the US will not be guided by ideology, nor seek to impose its will on the wider world. He further said that “outcomes” based problem solving is preferable to ideological struggle. Trump remarked that he seeks to protect America first and that it is the duty of all nations to protect their own citizens above all else. This earned Trump a considerable amount of applause from the chamber, although this adoration would be short lived. The remaining parts of the speech contradicted this notion in the most extreme manner imaginable.
Much like George W. Bush’s infamously violent ‘Axis of Evil’ speech before the US Congress, Trump used the United Nations as a forum to deliver military threats against several fellow nations.
While Trump spoke of “principled realism”, his speech was anything but. He cited threats to ‘sovereignty’ from “the Ukraine to the South China Sea” in an apparent insult to both Russia and China, one which however, does not accurately reflect the realities of the borderlands and maritime territories of either country.
He then moved on to criticising countries he called a “small group of rogue regimes” which according to Trump, threaten world peace.
NORTH KOREA
The US President stated that North Korea threatens the entire world calling the government in Pyongyang a “depraved regime”.
He threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea with military force if what he sees as a problem is not solved.
He then said,
“Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime”.
This is a reference to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un whom Trump previously referred to as “rocket man” in a disparaging Tweet just days ago.
He then accused North Korea of starving its citizens, killing the brother of the current leader (a charge which no one has presented thorough evidence to back up) and also blamed Pyongyang for the death of Otto Warmbier, a US citizen who died on American soil after his early release from a prison in North Korea.
Donald Trump thanked Russia and China for voting in favour of further sanctions against North Korea at the UN Security Council but warned that if the UN cannot solve the issue, the US is prepared to use military force against North Korea, ostensibly in a preemptive attack.
IRAN
Donald Trump then turned to Iran calling it a “corrupt dictatorship” which threatens Israel. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was in the audience, looked on with smiling approval at that point.
Donald Trump lambasted Iran further, saying that its main export is violence, including terrorism. Calling the Lebanese political party Hezbollah a “terrorist group”, Trump criticised Iran for its support of Hezbollah.
Trump then said that the JCPOA, which Trump called by its colloquial name, the Iran nuclear deal, was an “embarrassment to the United States”.
He indicated that the deal is all but over before once again accusing Iran of sponsoring terrorism, a patently untrue allegation. Iran is helping both Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS.
Trump then praised Saudi Arabia, a country considered to be the world’s largest state-sponsor of terrorism, and thanked the Saudi regime for helping the US to fight “radical Islamic terrorism”.
The US leader then vowed that the US will crush “loser terrorists” in spite of all else.
SYRIA
Donald Trump called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a “dictator” supported by Iran. He further restated the discredited story that Syria used chemical weapons on civilians in Idlib on the 4 of April 2017. The US President then congratulated himself on his decision to illegally strike Syria on the 6th of April in relation to the alleged chemical attack.
VENEZUELA and CUBA
Turning to Latin America, Donald Trump called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “socialist dictator” whose alleged failures are due to the fact that he has “faithfully implemented” socialism in Venezuela. This statement elicited audible laughter from the audience at the General Assembly.
Trump then went on to blast the alleged wickedness of socialism and communism before threatening possible military action against Venezuela.
Trump then defended his stance to reimpose sanctions on Cuba which he also criticised for having a socialist government.
CONCLUSION:
Donald Trump’s speech which began by talking about the US economy and ended by slamming mass migration, two elements clearly designed for domestic consumption, will be remembered by most people in the world for being a tiresome, insane sounding attack on the sovereignty of other nations, even as Trump claimed earlier in his speech that the US does not seek to force its ideology upon others.
His factual untruths about North Korea, Iran, Syria and Venezuela sounded more like a schoolboy delivering a rant against nations he finds distasteful than that of a world leader worthy of the name.
The speech, which was only the second in a long line of speeches by world leaders, will almost certainly be heavily criticised by Donald Trump’s fellow leaders in the hours and days to come.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
Also, on this day the US established their first permanent (!) base in Israel to “defend” against Iran.
Wow..When did America sink so low?
It started way back … with the annihilation of the natives …
what a tosser
This is all we could expect from this willy waving jackass Trumpo……
And all that praise for the UN and its founders and
NOT ONE WORD ABOUT THE UN CHARTER WHICH THE UNITED STATES RIPS UP EVERY DAY……
If Kim is “Rocket Man”…
Trumpo is “Willy Waver”…(or “Pussy Grabber”…same thing)
…Like an out of control rabid animal, in need of putting down.
Blustering mouth full of sh#t, a weak character, co-opted, trying his best to compensate, with pathetic braggadocio.
By now, Trump is NO different than Hilary. He is remotely-controlled by the Satanic “Deep State”
and the Evil, warmongering neocons.
wowowowo I am really impressed, someone with brains…………. tks mate
We are legion:)
Not impressed, Mr President!
could have been worse… Killary could have been standing up there.
No difference. Killary=Trump=Deep State Neocons!
Donald Trump is wrongly advised just as Pharaoh was foolishly admonished by his ego during the time of Moses. And then the divine punishment came to the wrongdoers in a split of a second. Time to repent USA not to be stubborn and tyrannical.
where did you get that from ???????? Walt Disney ?????
Can’t believe I missed this, but it isn’t that Trump was any more misinformed than everyone else. Before 9/11 (and for a while after) how many believed (or cared little for) the narrative? Trump is no Politician and his policies and actions reflect that. He gets on like a town mayor in the oval office, not realising the stakes are a hell of a lot higher. I’m not going to big up politicians, but I will say this for all of them (even the good ones). The core tennet of high level politics is deplomacy and all politicians practice it,… Read more »
Syria? Where did that come from? Did he include them because the US couldn’t destroy them?
Destroy NK? Did he also say destroy SK as well, because that is obviously what would happen if the US tried to hit NK.
I can’t stand to see or read the news anymore…..
Donald Trump just farted directly on the faces of his supporters and they feel that this was a breath fresh air. They have shown themselves to be servile imbeciles by filling the internet comment sections with their idiocy.
The cult of personality is unusually strong in the US. All a politician need do over there to have the mob follow him blindly even to their own doom is appeal to their vanity while also stoking their fears and paranoia. It is particularly sad to see so many in the alternative media swallow the Trump kool aid despite all the evidence we now have that the man is another deranged neocon who poses a threat to all living creatures on Earth. There are dark days ahead of us.
You are ABSOLUTELY right!
This proves that Trump and the regime he represents are insane warmongers. There is no hope for the USA. The quicker it crumbles away, the better for world peace. The USA is the number one rogue nation on the planet.
Frankly, I didn’t even bother to watch the video. I didn’t want to puke in my coffee.
So then,Orangutan man threatens countries from even inside the UN.A violation of the UN Charter.And the “weak sisters” in the UN just sit and tolerate it.And some people wonder why the US thinks it can cow them all. They see it with their own eyes. There is no reason to just “think it”,they “know it”. But I gotta love that Trump has freed the world from having to show respect in names for leaders.I like “Orangutan man” myself and hope North Korea,Iran,Syria,and Venezuela will adopt it..Russia and China should as well. But they are “old fuddies” when it comes to… Read more »
was anyone really taking notice of such a “dirty mouth “…lol better sit back and enjoy Gone with the Wind.
The utter hypocrisy of America is epitomised in this speech by a wind-bag who leads a country whose tires are also leaking air as it wheezes from lack of financial security. Even as it blurts out streams of lies to bolster their currency, the clock ticks inexorably towards its demise.
Give Cuba and Venezuela nukes. That will shut badgerhead up! Russian nukes to Cuba. Chinese nukes to Venezuela. And Russian and Chinese nukes to Iran.
What did he say? “I am ready to kill 27 million people in North Korea (and probably as many would be killed in South Korea).” What does the United States want? Do “better” than Hitler?
Shut ‘er down! The US no longer has a right or any reason to exist. Hang and execute all the Deep Staters and break up the USA into 50 pieces.
The other night I watched the 4-hour “Apocalypse Now Redux” extended version of Coppola film. That’s what the US flying squads did to Vietnamese, not US’ history edulcorate version. As bad as nazis.
“They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force–nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”
― Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, book which inspired “Apocalypse Now”.
“Sovereignty is anathema to the global financial elites.”
Remind me again how US respected Serbia, Iraq, Libya and now, as we speak , Syria’s sovereignty and other numerous countries, which were attacked in the 72 years since the end of WWII. Yes, US doesn’t give a damn about other countries’ sovereignty and inviolable borders, land and air space. Yes, sovereignty of other countries is anathema to US .
a speech to the war machine, record profits, record opportunities