// LEADERS' VIEWS DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES
Welcoming America’s ‘golden age’ A merica is blessed with the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, the
little skirmish. It’s not making Russia look good… The only question now is how many more lives will be needlessly lost on both sides. China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil. But, inexcusably, even NATO countries have not cut off much Russian energy… In the event that Russia is not ready to make a deal to end the war, then the United States is fully prepared to impose a very strong round of powerful tariffs, which would stop the bloodshed, I believe, very quickly. But for those tariffs to be effective, European nations, … would have to join us in adopting the exact same measures… The best example is the number one political issue of our time, the crisis of uncontrolled migration … Your countries are being ruined. The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders … In the United States, we reject the idea that mass numbers of people from foreign lands can be permitted to travel halfway around the world, trample our borders, violate our sovereignty, cause unmitigated crime and deplete our social safety net. We have reasserted that America belongs to the American people, and I encourage all countries to take their own stand in defence of their citizens as well… Energy is another area where the United States is now thriving like never before. We’re getting rid of the falsely named renewables, by the way – they’re a joke, they don’t work, they’re too expensive, they’re not strong enough to fire up the plants that you need to make your country great … And most of them are built in China… [We] have very clean air … But the problem is that other countries, like China, which has air that’s a little bit rough, … [is that] no matter what you’re doing down here, the air up here tends to get very dirty, because it comes in from other countries where their air isn’t so clean – and the environmentalists refuse to acknowledge that same thing
strongest friendships and the strongest spirit of any nation on the face of the Earth. This is indeed the golden age of America… We’ve implemented the largest tax cuts in American history and the largest regulation cuts in American history, making this once and again, the best country on Earth to do business… If you come illegally into the United States, you’re going to jail, or you’re going back to where you came from, or perhaps even further than that… At the NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] summit in June, virtually all NATO members formally committed to increased defence spending, at my request, from 2% to 5% of GDP [gross domestic product], making our alliance far stronger and more powerful than it was ever before. In May, I travelled to the Middle East to visit my friends and rebuild our partnerships in the Gulf, and those valued relationships with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE and other countries are now, I believe, closer than ever before. My administration has negotiated one historic trade deal after another, including with the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and many, many others. Likewise, in a period of just seven months. I have ended seven unendable wars… Our priority, starting with the nation of Iran, my position is very simple. The world’s number one sponsor of terror can never be allowed to possess the most dangerous weapon … With Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity demolished, I immediately brokered an end to the 12-Day War, as it’s called, between Israel and Iran… I’ve also been working relentlessly to stop the killing in Ukraine … Everyone thought Russia would win this war in three days, but it didn’t work out that way. It was supposed to be just a quick
with garbage in Asia. They dump much of their garbage right into the ocean, and over about a one-week or two-week journey, it flows right past Los Angeles … The primary effect of these brutal green energy policies has not been to help the environment, but to redistribute manufacturing and industrial activity from developed countries that follow the insane rules that are put down to polluting countries that break the rules and are making a fortune. But we stand ready to provide any country with abundant, affordable energy supplies if you need them, when most of you do. We’re proudly exporting energy all over the world. We’re now the largest exporter in the United States. We want trade and robust commerce with all nations, everybody. We want to help nations. We’re going to help nations, but it must also be fair and reciprocal. The challenge with trade is much the same with climate. The countries that followed the rules, all their factories have been plundered … That is why the United States is now applying tariffs to other countries. And much as these tariffs were for many years, applied to us, uncontrollably...we have used tariffs as a defence mechanism under the Trump administration, including my first term, where hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs were taken in. And by the way, we had the lowest inflation, and now we have very low inflation. The only thing different is that we have hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into our country, but this is how we will ensure that the system works for everyone and is sustainable into the future. Transcript of address to the United Nations General Assembly, 23 September 2025
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