The Steady Drip: Trump Takes Aim at Globalist Agendas in UN Speech (Connecting the Dots: The United Nations, NATO, European Union, COVID, Secret Service, Zohran Mamdani, Students for Justice in Palestine, Lisa Cook, Letitia James & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Trump Takes Aim at Globalist Agendas in UN Speech (Connecting the Dots: The United Nations, NATO, European Union, COVID, Secret Service, Zohran Mamdani, Students for Justice in Palestine, Lisa Cook, Letitia James & Soros Funding, All Networking)

At the United Nations, the U.S president said the U.N.’s mass migration and climate agendas are ruining the free and developed countries.

The Epoch Times

Emel Akan Reporter

9/23/2025|Updated: 9/23/2025

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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NEW YORK CITY—President Donald Trump on Sept. 23 criticized the United Nations, denouncing what he called its globalist agendas on immigration and green energy, labeling them as a “double-tailed monster” in his address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.

He warned member states that such policies are “destroying a large part of the free world.”

In his nearly hour-long speech, Trump first accused the international body of failing to solve the problems it was meant to address, such as ending conflicts, saying it is creating new ones.

“The best example is the No. 1 political issue of our time: the crisis of uncontrolled migration,” Trump said. “Your countries are being ruined.”

The U.S. president said the U.N. was “funding an assault on Western countries” by offering cash support, food, shelter, and other assistance to migrants.

He then criticized the U.N.’s “so-called green renewable energy” agenda. Globalism has placed a larger burden on developed nations to reduce their impact on the environment, he noted, while other nations continue to pollute heavily.

A few times, he singled out European nations, warning them not to follow such agendas.

“I love Europe. I love the people of Europe. ... You’re doing it because you want to be nice, you want to be politically correct, and you’re destroying your heritage,” Trump said.

“The entire globalist concept of asking successful industrialized nations to inflict pain on themselves and radically disrupt their entire societies must be rejected completely and totally, and it must be immediate.”

This year’s meeting marks the 80th anniversary of the U.N. and is held under the theme “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights.”

Trump has been a vocal critic of the international body, questioning its effectiveness in solving international conflicts. After he took office, the United States pulled out of or cut funding to multiple U.N. organizations.

‘Release the Hostages Now’

Ahead of Trump’s U.N. General Assembly speech, U.S. allies, including the UK, France, Australia, and Canada, announced that they would recognize a Palestinian state amid the ongoing Israel–Hamas war, which started after the Gaza-based terrorist group launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. During the Hamas attack, terrorists killed approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted more than 250. Currently, dozens of hostages remain in Gaza.

Trump criticized the U.S. allies for the move.

“Instead of giving in to Hamas’s ransom demands, those who want peace should be united with one message: Release the hostages now,” he said.

During his speech, Trump also warned the European and NATO allies not to continue to buy sanctioned Russian oil, calling it “embarrassing.”

“They have to immediately cease all energy purchases from Russia. Otherwise, we’re all wasting a lot of time,” he said.

Trump also said he stands ready to impose harsh new tariffs targeting Russia if he decides that Moscow isn’t ready to make a deal to end the more than three-year conflict.

The last time that Trump addressed the General Assembly from the same podium was in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, he called on the international community to hold China accountable for the outbreak of the virus in the city of Wuhan and for the subsequent cover-up.

Trump warned that risky research into bioweapons and man-made pathogens continues despite the global pandemic and announced that his administration would lead an international effort to enforce the Biological Weapons Convention.

Broken Teleprompter, Stalled Escalator

Before his address, Trump greeted foreign leaders and dignitaries at the U.N. with jokes about a teleprompter and escalator that were not functioning properly at the organization’s New York City building.

“I don’t mind making the speech without a teleprompter,” he joked before his speech. “I can only say whoever is operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.”

Trump, in his speech, claimed credit for ending seven wars.

“I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal,” he said.

“All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that, on the way up, stopped right in the middle.”

Trump later wrote on Truth Social that a broken teleprompter and a stalled escalator both made his U.N. speech likely “more interesting,” and he called it an honor to speak there, “even if their equipment is somewhat faulty.”

Travis Gillmore, Ryan Morgan, and Savannah Hulsey Pointer contributed to this report.

Connecting the Dots:

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU) and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

C. Boyden Gray was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU), is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

William H. Draper Jr. was a U.S. ambassador for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and William H. Draper III’s father.

William H. Draper III is William H. Draper Jr’s son and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Wesley K. Clark was the supreme allied commander – Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Robert E. Hunter was a U.S. ambassador for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Norman W. Ray was the assistant secretary general for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

James L. Jones Jr. was supreme allied commander - Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George A. Joulwan was the supreme allied commander for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Europe and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

R. Nicholas Burns was a U.S. permanent representative for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Andrew Goodpaster was a supreme allied commander Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

James G. Stavridis was a supreme allied commander Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ivo H. Daalder was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) U.S. permanent representative.

John R. Allen is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the supreme allied commander Europe nominee for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Cass R. Sunstein is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and married to Samantha Power.

Samantha Power is married to Cass R. Sunstein and was the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration.

Donald F. McHenry was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Joan E. Spero was a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United Nations and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Constance J. Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at Pfizer Inc. (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a director at Pfizer Inc. (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer) and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Amy W. Schulman is the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer) and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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Kenneth M. Duberstein is the chairman & CEO for the Duberstein Group, Inc. and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer).

Ann Dibble Jordan was a director at Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer) an overseer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a lobby firm for the Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer) and is the lobby firm for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, married to Ann Dibble Jordan and was the president for the Economic Club of Washington.

David M. Rubenstein is a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), an overseer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the president of the Economic Club of Washington.

Carol A. Melton was a director at the Economic Club of Washington and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Robert G. Liberatore was a director at the Economic Club of Washington and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Letitia James is the chair for the Committee on Economic Development, the Attorney General of New York

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU), is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Richard L. Morningstar is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).

Rockwell A. Schnabel is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).

C. Boyden Gray is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).

George Soros is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Stuart E. Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).

William H. Draper III was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and is William H. Draper Jr’s son.

William H. Draper Jr. is William H. Draper III’s father and was a U.S. ambassador for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).