Trump, vainglorious as usual, offered nothing useful during UN General Assembly, an unfettered braggadocio, and above all, an hour-long bash of the UN. It was akin to being invited to someone’s house and then pointing out all their deficiencies.
When he wasn’t praising his achievements, he was lashing the august body now in its 80th such meeting and its members for their failures, and insisting: “Your countries are going to hell — America acted boldly to swiftly shut down uncontrolled migration. Once we started detaining and deporting everyone who crossed the border illegally, they simply stopped coming. They’re not coming anymore. We’re getting credit for it — but this was a humanitarian act for all involved.”
Continuing his theme of self-congratulation, he claimed to have ended “seven unenviable wars” while the UN did nothing. Of course, he probably missed the irony of the situation and his inability to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and Israel and Hamas.
As expected, former President Biden, a man he called “Sleepy Joe” was excoriated, wrongly charging that he did little to improve the immigration problem.
“Joe Biden’s policies empowered murderous gangs, human smugglers, child traffickers, drug cartels, and prisoners from all over the world. The previous administration also lost nearly 300,000 children — little children trafficked into the United States, many raped, exploited, abused, and sold. Nobody talks about that.”
Perhaps because it’s untrue, Trump meandered all over the place, even accusing the UN of having an ineffective teleprompter, which, if he used it at all, was polluted with misinformation and glorification of himself, and we are wary of his taking us to task for disapproval of his policies.
His discourse of denunciation continued, and he dared to ask, “‘What is the purpose of the UN?’ All they seem to do is write a strongly worded letter and then never follow it up. It’s empty words, and empty words don’t solve war. The only thing that solves war is action,” he blasted.
Meanwhile, we are awaiting his action on two major conflicts that seem to be wars without end.
Trump did mention the U.S. military strike on two boats in international territorial water, calling the targets “Venezuelan terrorists and trafficking networks led by Nicolas Maduro….Please be warned, we will blow you out of existence.”
Even if they were trafficking drugs, they deserved due process and to be taken into custody, not blown to smithereens. And if it wasn’t such a painful moment in the nation’s history, his final words are laughable: “I hope all countries inspired by our example will join in renewing commitments to free speech, religious liberty, sovereignty, and national traditions,” he said.
Tell Jimmy Kimmel about free speech, and the thousands slated for deportation about sovereignty, and Black Americans, Native Americans, and others about national traditions, all of which are being eradicated and swept into Trump’s dustpan.
Oh, he did mention Gaza and his efforts toward a ceasefire, though nothing about the humanitarian aid, which would be a necessary first step in the peace process. We will have to wait on that move after we rid him of his vainglorious speeches.